UIOSEQM

Mariscal Sucre International Airport

Quito, Ecuador · Latin America

Latin America America/Guayaquil IVCA 60.2

26direct destinations

18airlines

1runway

4,098 mLongest runway

2013opened

Mariscal Sucre International Airport (IATA: UIO, ICAO: SEQM) is an international airport serving Quito, Ecuador. It is the busiest airport in Ecuador. It is located in the Tababela parish, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Quito, and because of its location it is also colloquially known as Tababela Airport. The airport currently serves as the main hub for Avianca Ecuador and the largest hub for LATAM Ecuador. It also served as the main hub for TAME, Ecuador's flag-carrier, before the airline was liquidated by the Ecuadorian government in 2020. The airport opened in February 2013 and replaced the 53-year old airport of the same name. The airport is named after independence leader Antonio José de Sucre. The new Mariscal Sucre Int'l Airport covers 1,500 hectares (3,707 acres) which is ten times larger than the airport it replaced.

Location

0.125°S, 78.354°O · 2.390 m s. n. m. (7.841 ft)

General data

CountryEcuador

CityQuito

IATA codeUIO

ICAO codeSEQM

Coordinates0.125°S, 78.354°O

Elevation2.390 m s. n. m. (7.841 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Guayaquil

Runways1

Longest runway4,098 m

OperatorQuiport

Opened2013

Direct destinations26

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

18/36

Length4,098 m13,445 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.100Quito Tower

ATIS (automatic information)

119.800

Approach

119.700Quito Approach

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

History

Construction began in 2006. A re-negotiation of the financing contract for the airport was signed on 9 August 2010. As part of final certification steps for the airport, Quito's mayor Augusto Barrera and around 100 other passengers left an early morning flight from nearby Mariscal Sucre International Airport on an American Airlines Boeing 757 on July 2, 2012. The inaugural flight allowed officials to test the performance of check-in counters and other systems. The flight lasted nine minutes and the plane was met by a water cannon salute at the new airport. The official inauguration was postponed from October 2012, citing the progress of improvements to various access routes, the holiday season, and other factors. The new airport commenced operations on 20 February 2013 following the closure of the old airport the night before. The first flights scheduled to arrive at the new airport were TAME flight 302 from Guayaquil (domestic), and LAN flight 2590 from Lima, Peru (international). Arrival times were scheduled for 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. respectively.

Airlines operating here · 18

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Avianca Ecuador

Other airlines with direct routes

Aeroregional LATAM Airlines Ecuador Aeroméxico Air Europa American Airlines Arajet Avianca Avianca Costa Rica Avianca El Salvador Copa Airlines Delta Air Lines Iberia JetSmart Perú KLM LATAM Airlines Colombia LATAM Airlines Peru United Airlines

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

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UIO

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_uio,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UIO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UIO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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