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Juan Mendoza International Airport

Oruro, Bolivia · Latin America

Latin America America/La_Paz

1direct destinations

1airlines

2runways

2,461 mLongest runway

Juan Mendoza Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Juan Mendoza) (IATA: ORU, ICAO: SLOR) is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia. The airport is in the eastern part of the city, which is in the altiplano of Bolivia. There is distant mountainous terrain east and west of the airport. The Oruro non-directional beacon (Ident: ORU) is located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) west of the field. The Oruro VOR-DME (Ident: ORU) is located 0.49 nautical miles (0.91 km) off the displaced threshold of Runway 01.

Location

17.956°S, 67.076°O · 3.704 m s. n. m. (12.152 ft)

General data

CountryBolivia

CityOruro

IATA codeORU

ICAO codeSLOR

Coordinates17.956°S, 67.076°O

Elevation3.704 m s. n. m. (12.152 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/La_Paz

Runways2

Longest runway2,461 m

Direct destinations1

Runways · 2

18/36

Length2,461 m8,074 ft

Width23 m75 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

09/27

Length1,867 m6,125 ft

Width37 m121 ft

SurfaceGravel

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

118.500ORURO 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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Boliviana de Aviación

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). Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU

MLA

“Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_oru,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ORU |title=Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-24 |language=en}}