Yacuiba Airport

Airport in Bolivia

BYC

Location of airport in Bolivia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
02/20	2,100	6,890	Asphalt

Sources: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2]

Yacuiba Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Yacuiba, IATA: BYC, ICAO: SLYA) is an airport located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Yacuiba, a city in the Tarija Department of Bolivia.

The runway is in a north–south aligned valley, with rising terrain to the east, and the Cordillera Central mountains 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west.

The Yacuiba non-directional beacon (Ident: YAC) is located on the field.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Boliviana de Aviación	Tarija

Accidents, Disasters, and incidents

On 4 February 1964, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano crashed shortly after takeoff killing two.^[4]
20 October 1973, A Boeing 737 operated by Aerolíneas Argentinas was highjacked and landed at Yacuiba where 38 passengers were released.^[5]
2 June 1980, A Fairchild F-27 operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano crashed while on Approach to the airport killing all 13 people on board.^[6]
17 January 2003, A British Aerospace Jetstream operated by Servicio Aéreo Vargas España crashed shortly into trees while attempting to take off, no one was killed.^[7]

References

^ Airport information for Yacuiba Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - Yacuiba
^ Yacuiba NDB
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) CP-568 Yacuiba Airport (BYC)".
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-287C LV-JNE Yacuiba Airport (BYC)".
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild F-27J CP-1117 Yacuiba".
^ "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 CP-2404 Yacuiba Airport (BYC)".