El Trompillo Airport
El Trompillo Airport
El Trompillo Airport (IATA: SRZ, ICAO: SLET) is located in the south part of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 2 km (1.25 miles) away from the central plaza.
Location
17.812°S, 63.172°O · 418 m s. n. m. (1.371 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 4
Tower
Ground
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
El Trompillo Airport was created in 1920 with a runway that measured no more than 800 meters (2,624 feet). The airport was given the name of “Captain Horacio Vasquez”, honoring a pilot who died in an accident flying from Argentina to La Paz. Nevertheless, because of the location, the airport with time was known as “El Trompillo”. For the first 65 years, it was the only airport in the city until, in 1984, the international airport of Viru Viru was constructed. Since then it has only operated local flights and the landing and departure of students of the Bolivian Air Force.
The first airlines to use this airport were Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, known as LAB, and Panagra. About 70 departures and arrivals of the Air Force, and small and large airlines are registered. For a while, from 1980 to 1985, the amount of airplanes registered increased due to a combat against drug traffic.
As of 2019, there are currently no commercial passenger flights since the national carrier Transporte Aéreo Militar ceased operations.
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). El Trompillo Airport (SRZ). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SRZ
MLA
“El Trompillo Airport (SRZ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SRZ. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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BibTeX
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title = {{El Trompillo Airport (SRZ)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SRZ}},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}Wikipedia
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