LTXSELT

Cotopaxi International Airport

Latacunga, Ecuador · Latin America

Latin America America/Guayaquil

1runway

3,693 mLongest runway

Cotopaxi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi) (IATA: LTX, ICAO: SELT) is a high-elevation airport in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. The airport is within a broad valley of the Ecuadoran Andes, with rising terrain east and west, and mountainous terrain distant in all quadrants. It has the second longest runway in Ecuador. Runway length includes a 440 metres (1,440 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.

Location

0.907°S, 78.616°O · 2.806 m s. n. m. (9.205 ft)

General data

CountryEcuador

CityLatacunga

IATA codeLTX

ICAO codeSELT

Coordinates0.907°S, 78.616°O

Elevation2.806 m s. n. m. (9.205 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Guayaquil

Runways1

Longest runway3,693 m

OperatorFuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana

Runways · 1

18/36

Length3,693 m12,116 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Ground

121.900LATACUNGA GND

Approach

118.500LATACUNGA APP/TWR

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX). Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX

MLA

“Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_ltx,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/LTX}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-22},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-22}
}

Wikipedia

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