# Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)

> Quito, EC · IATA: UIO · ICAO: SEQM · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `UIO` |
| ICAO | `SEQM` |
| City | Quito |
| Country | EC |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 2390 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -0.12540, -78.35431 |

## Description

Corporación Quiport operates Ecuador's dominant air cargo gateway at Mariscal Sucre (IATA: UIO, ICAO: SEQM), which handled 407,000 tonnes in 2025, up 11 percent year on year and enough for a top-five placing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cut flowers account for roughly 93 percent of exported volume, and about 94 percent of all Ecuadorian air cargo clears through this single field. The 2025 Valentine's peak alone moved 28,779 tonnes of roses, 8.7 percent above the 24,466 tonnes shipped a year earlier. Opened in 2013 at Tababela, some 2,400 metres above sea level east of Quito, the airport pairs a 13,000-square-metre cargo terminal housing four palletising firms with an apron that can service up to six widebody freighters at once, Boeing 777-200 and 747-8 included. Sixteen cargo airlines served the airport in 2025, led by LATAM Cargo and Avianca Cargo; from March 2026 Avianca Cargo added Ecuador to its Miami service using capacity provided by Amazon Air. An on-site perishable centre maintains the cold chain that keeps Ecuadorian roses export-fresh. For forwarders, the short road haul to the rose farms around Cayambe and Tabacundo and clearance through customs authority SENAE make Quito the natural consolidation point, with Guayaquil (GYE) covering the coastal region and Bogotá (BOG) offering wider onward connections.

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