Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
Coronel (Crnl.) FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IATA: IQT, ICAO: SPQT) is an airport serving Iquitos, capital of Loreto Region and Peru's fifth largest city. It is also known as Iquitos International Airport, and is one of the main airports in Peru. It is located 7 km (4 miles) to the southeast of the center of Iquitos. It has a single runway 2,500 m (8,202 ft) in length. It is the only airport in Amazonia with the ISO9001 stamp. The airport plays a particularly important logistical and economic role because the city of Iquitos is only accessible by air or by river. Iquitos and Pucallpa are the main air hubs in the Peruvian Amazon.
Location
3.785°S, 73.309°O · 93 m s. n. m. (306 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 current airport replaced the older Lieutenant Bergerie airport in downtown Iquitos in 1979. In 1973, took its current name in commemoration Peruvian Air Force pilot Colonel Francisco Secada Vignetta (1900-1972), an Iquitos native who made his name in the 1932-33 war with Colombia. Secada flew reconnaissance and bombing sorties in said conflict, usually flying Vought O2U Corsair biplanes and, in February 1933, was credited with downing a Colombian plane during a dogfight. It is currently administered by Aeropuertos del Perú, which was given the concession in 2006; and serves more than 1 million passengers per year, making it the fourth busiest airport in Peru, after those of Lima, Cusco and Arequipa. It is served by airlines such as JetSmart Perú, LATAM Perú, Sky Airline, Star Perú and SAETA, receiving commercial flights daily from Lima, as well as flights to and from Pucallpa and Tarapoto. There are also various connections to smaller towns and communities in the jungle.
Airlines operating here · 3
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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT
MLA
“Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IQT}},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}Wikipedia
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