Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA Airport Code: LIM) is Peru's main national and international gateway, serving over 4.5 million passengers per year. A single runway airport, it is located in Callao, the port city now fully integrated with Lima, the nation's capital. The airport is named after the pioneer Peruvian pilot Jorge Chávez. It was the hub for Aeroperú and Faucett (one of the oldest airlines in Latin America) for many years, and now it serves as a hub for many new aviation companies, not to mention hub of pickpockets and hub of vendors. The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... City motto: Chim Pum Callao Districts 6 Mayor Rogelio Canches Area 146. ... Lima is the capital and largest city in Peru. ... Jorge Chávez ( 1887- September 27, 1910) was an airplane pilot from Peru. ... Aeroperu (shorter for Empresa Nacional de Aeronavegación del Perú, SA) was the national flag air carrier of Peru. ... Compania de Aviacion Faucett was a Peruvian airline. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

The airport was privatized on February 14, 2001 and is now managed and operated by Lima Airport Partners (LAP), a joint venture of Bechtel Corporation, Flughafen Frankfurt Main AG, Cosapi S.A.. The airport is now (2004) under renovation and reconstruction. Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or, especially in India, disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership and/or transferring the management of a service or activity from the government to the private sector. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest civil engineering company in the world. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 1, 1996, Faucett Flight 251, a Boeing 737 (which was leased from American Airlines) crashed in the mountains near Arequipa. Everyone on board died. The same year, on October 2, AeroPeru Flight 603, a Boeing 757 that was enroute from Lima to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Everyone on board died. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Faucett Flight 251 was a flight that crashed on March 1, 1996 (February 29, 1996 at Peruvian time) at Arequipa, Peru. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... American Airlines Boeing 757 American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines (AA) (NYSE: AMR) is the largest airline in the world. ... Arequipa is a city in southern Peru and the nations second-largest city. ... October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... AeroPeru Flight 603 was a scheduled Santiago-Lima-Mexico City_Los Angeles-Miami flight which crashed on October 2, 1996. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ... View of the Airport Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, located in Santiago, Chile, is Chiles largest aviation facility. ... Satellite image of Santiago Santiago (full form Santiago de Chile) is the capital of Chile. ...

On August 2, 1997, a wheelchair-confined elderly passenger was boarding a Continental Airlines Boeing 757-200 flight from Lima to Newark, New Jersey. He was told by a gate agent to remain at the top of the steps while the agent loaded the wheelchair into the cargo bin. Defying the agent's orders, he walked into the aircraft, through the galley, out through the open catering door and fell to the tarmac below. The man died as a result of the injuries he sustained from the fall. None of the eight crew members or the other 141 passengers were injured. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is an American airline. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ... Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ...

Among the airlines flying into this airport are:

• Aerocombi
• Aeropostal
• Copa
• American Airlines
• LAN International Airlines
• Grupo TACA
• Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
• Iberia
• KLM
• Aerolíneas Argentinas
• Continental Airlines
• Avianca
• Aeroméxico
• Delta Airlines
• Air Canada
• Air Madrid

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External link

• Official website (http://www.lap.com.pe/)