Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport
Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport
Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (IATA: CIX, ICAO: SPHI) is an airport serving Chiclayo, Peru and the surrounding metropolitan area. It is run by ADP, a private airport operator that operates various airports in northern Peru. It is the main airport of the Lambayeque Region, one of the most populous regions of Peru. The airport is also used by the Peruvian Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea del Perú, FAP). It hosts one of the Air Force's two air superiority/interceptor squadrons, Escuadrón Aéreo 612 (Fighter Squadron 612 "Fighting Cocks"). The blast shelters housing the squadron's Mig 29 aircraft are visible from the airport runways. The airport is named after Jose Quiñones Gonzalez, an FAP pilot who was killed during the July 1941 Ecuadorian-Peruvian War.
Location
6.789°S, 79.828°O · 30 m s. n. m. (97 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
Ground
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airport was inaugurated on 16 April, 1956, and was elevated to the category of international airport and remodeled in March 1994. It was dominated by large airlines such as the nations flag carrier, Aeroperú, and Faucett Perú, until the beginning of the 21st century. Since March 2008, it has been operated by Aeropuertos del Perú, a private company that won the concession for the airport in 2006.
The expansion and modernization of airport was planned in 2015, with an investment exceeding 350 million soles. The works included a complete rehabilitation of the runway and a new passenger terminal. While some improvements were completed, such as the runway, lighting system, and security, the rest never fully materialized. A new proposal was brought by Copa Airlines, who opened a route to Panama City, largely motivated the airports expansion in 2019, which aimed to expand the airport to a capacity of over 2 million passengers.
Airlines operating here · 4
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX
MLA
“Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIX}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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