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El Pato Air Base

Talara, Peru

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286 ft

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Location

Talara · PIU · Peru

Position

-4.550°, -81.224° · 286 ft elev.

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Peruvian Air Force base serving the Talara region.

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Talara, Peru

El Pato Air Base (ICAO: SPTP) is a military airfield located near Talara, in the Piura Region of northwestern Peru. It serves primarily as a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) installation and is not a commercial passenger airport. The base is situated in a coastal desert zone close to Peru's significant oil-producing region around Talara. Its proximity to the Pacific coast and the country's northern border area gives it strategic importance for surveillance and defense operations.

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›El Pato is a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) military installation, not a civil commercial airport.
›Located near Talara in the Piura Region of northwestern Peru.
›The surrounding Talara area is one of Peru's historically significant petroleum-producing zones.
›The base holds strategic importance due to its coastal and northern border proximity.
›No scheduled commercial airline services operate from this airfield.

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El Pato Air Base is a Peruvian Air Force base located near the city of Talara in the Piura Region of Peru, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northwest of FAP Captain Víctor Montes Arias International Airport.

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The New York Times· 3/26/2018

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El Pato Air Base

Airport in Talara, Peru

El Pato Air Base is a Peruvian Air Force base located near the city of Talara in the Piura Region of Peru, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northwest of FAP Captain Víctor Montes Arias International Airport.

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