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Location
Cabo Pantoja · LOR · Peru
Position
-0.952°, -75.180°
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Remote Amazon airstrip serving a frontier Peruvian border post.
Location
Cabo Pantoja, Peru
Cabo Pantoja Airstrip is a small, unpaved airstrip located in the Loreto Region of northeastern Peru, near the Ecuador border along the Napo River. It serves the remote community of Cabo Pantoja, which functions as a military and civilian border post deep within the Amazon jungle.
The airstrip primarily supports light aircraft operations, providing the only practical air link for a settlement that is otherwise accessible only by river. It plays a critical role in supplying the local population and military garrison with goods, personnel, and emergency medical services.
Due to its extremely remote location, the facility lacks conventional terminal infrastructure and scheduled commercial airline service. Flight operations are typically conducted by small charter operators, missionary aviation services, and government or military aircraft.
Getting to & from
Ground transport options are extremely limited; river travel via the Napo River is the primary alternative means of reaching Cabo Pantoja.
Airlines here
No scheduled commercial airlines serve Cabo Pantoja; operations are limited to charter, military, and missionary aviation flights.
Notable facts
- ›Located in the Loreto Region of Peru near the Ecuador border.
- ›Situated along the Napo River deep in the Amazon rainforest.
- ›Serves a combined civilian and Peruvian military border post.
- ›Accessible primarily by air or river due to the absence of road connections.
- ›Has no IATA code assigned, reflecting its non-commercial status.
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