RODRIGUEZ BALLON AIRPORT, Arequipa Photo

Photographer’s Note

Photo taken while crossing the tarmac enroute to boarding the plane. I didn't think you could do things like that anymore - take pictures, that is.

Rodriguez Ballon International Airport

Situated at an altitude of 8,405 ft / 2,562 m, Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (IATA: AQP, ICAO: SPQU), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón in Spanish, is an airport serving Peru's second largest city, Arequipa. This airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport are the main air hubs in southern Peru. Its runway is fully paved. In the past it has had international flights to destinations such as Iquique in Chile and La Paz in Bolivia. It is the main gateway for tourists visiting the city of Arequipa, spectacular nearby ruins, and the Colca Canyon, the world's second deepest canyon (only behind Cotahuasi Canyon, also located in Arequipa.)

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cenkmami (1) 2009-04-24 4:05

merhaba, uçakları çok seviyorum.harika güneş

jurgen (1994) 2009-06-03 7:59

Hello Kevin:
I think this airline does not exist any more, so your picture is worth double nowadays. It could also be a case for www.airliners.net. Have you visited this webpage?
In the year 2009 one gets aboard the plane the same way you did it in 2006. And yes, it is still possible to take pictures.
But why do they circumvent the plane with that red strip? I've seen it in other airports like in Lima.
Regards,
Jürgen