TJASLTJ

Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport

Tarija, Bolivia · Latin America

Latin America America/La_Paz

2direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

3,050 mLongest runway

1932opened

Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (IATA: TJA, ICAO: SLTJ) is an airport serving Tarija, the capital of the Tarija Department of Bolivia. The airport is in the southeastern section of the city, which is within a basin of the Cordillera Central mountain range. There is distant mountainous terrain in all quadrants.

Location

21.556°S, 64.701°O · 1.853 m s. n. m. (6.079 ft)

General data

CountryBolivia

CityTarija

IATA codeTJA

ICAO codeSLTJ

Coordinates21.556°S, 64.701°O

Elevation1.853 m s. n. m. (6.079 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/La_Paz

Runways1

Longest runway3,050 m

Opened1932

Direct destinations2

Official website

Runways · 1

13/31

Length3,050 m10,007 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.100TARIJA TWR

Approach

119.400TARIJA APP

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Boliviana de Aviación EcoJet

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Caeschfloh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

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). Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA

MLA

“Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tja,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TJA |title=Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-17 |language=en}}