# General Jorge Fernández Maldonado Airport (ILQ)

> Ilo, PE · IATA: ILQ · ICAO: SPLO · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ILQ` |
| ICAO | `SPLO` |
| City | Ilo |
| Country | PE |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 22 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -17.69500, -71.34400 |

## Description

Ilo ships its copper by sea and books its air freight elsewhere. General Jorge Fernández Maldonado Airport (ILQ, SPLO) sits on the Pacific coast of Peru's Moquegua region and is served only by LATAM flights to Lima on Mondays and Wednesdays; the concrete runway takes Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft, but there is no cargo terminal and no scheduled freighter traffic. The Southern Peru Copper smelter, regional minerals and Bolivian transit cargo all move through the seaport of Ilo instead. Urgent air shipments are routed through Lima-Jorge Chávez (LIM), Peru's principal cargo gateway, with Arequipa Rodríguez Ballón (AQP) some 250 road kilometres to the northwest and Tacna (TCQ) to the south as regional fallbacks. The Panamericana Sur links Ilo to both, while the road east through Moquegua reaches the Bolivian border at Desaguadero. For forwarders, ILQ is a thinly served regional field with limited freight relevance.

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