AviatDataJoya Andina Airport UYU / SLUY
Uyuni, Potosí · Bolivia · NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
43kpax · 2023
Limited hours
ICAO / IATASLUY / UYU
OperatorNAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
Coordinates20.4431°S, 66.8542°W
Elevation12,024 ft · 3,665 m
Time zoneBOT (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr42,997 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceSLUY — AIP Bolivia / DGAC
Operating hoursTower (TORRE UYUNI, 118.60 MHz) operates during scheduled BoA service hours; no confirmed 24h operation; specific curfew/PPR requirements not published by NAABOL — verify directly with operator before ops.
TerminalsSingle small passenger terminal serving domestic BoA operations only
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 4,000 m / 13,123 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Domestic regional airport serving Uyuni and the Salar de Uyuni salt-flat tourism gateway, operated exclusively by Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) with its sole confirmed route to La Paz. At 12,024 ft (3,665 m) elevation it is one of Bolivia's higher-altitude commercial strips, imposing meaningful density-altitude performance penalties, though still well below El Alto/La Paz's ~13,300 ft.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed
Boliviana de Aviación (BoA)
Self-handled, Boliviana de Aviación. BoA is the sole scheduled carrier at Uyuni (~7-8 flights/week each way to/from La Paz; airport handled ~43,000 pax in 2023, ~110 ops/month). No named third-party ground-handling company is publicly documented for this small tourist field: Business Air News's handbook lists '1 FBO/handlers' on file but paywalled/unnamed, and Fluent Cargo shows none, consistent with airline self-handling common at small Bolivian regional outstations; not directly documented, hence unconfirmed. Phone is BoA's national call centre, not a dedicated Uyuni station line.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Boliviana de Aviación (BoA)
In-house, Boliviana de Aviación (inferred). Cabin and lavatory servicing during quick domestic turnarounds is presumed handled by BoA's own ramp/cabin crew, as at other small Bolivian outstations; no dedicated third-party aircraft-cleaning company found for this airport.
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Available
NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
State airport operator provides airport security screening and the SSEI aircraft rescue & fire-fighting service as part of its statutory role; NAABOL convened an airport emergency-response committee at Uyuni specifically with hospitals, clinics, medical services and first-response entities, signing interinstitutional agreement letters (confirmed via NAABOL's own press release, 12 Jun 2026). A 2024-launched ~105M-boliviano terminal/apron upgrade at Uyuni lists 'improved security' as an explicit goal, but no verified figure exists for SSEI-station completion percentage at Uyuni; a similarly worded new-SSEI-station construction project is documented separately for Riberalta airport, a different station, so any completion percentage attributed to Uyuni should not be repeated. Phone is NAABOL's central office, not a dedicated Uyuni line.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
Air navigation services (ATC/tower), MET aeronautical weather service and AIS/NOTAM flight-briefing support as Bolivia's national air-navigation and airport authority; NAABOL certified correct operation of Uyuni's DVOR/DME radionavigation system and PAPI/runway-threshold visual aids after an in-flight technical inspection (confirmed, 29 Jul 2026, airport-specific). Contact is NAABOL's central office; no dedicated Uyuni airport line found.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed