Jórge Wilstermann International Airport, known in Spanish as Aeropuerto Internacional Jórge Wilstermann (IATA: CBB, ICAO: SLCB) is an airport serving the Cochabamba, a city in the Cochabamba department of Bolivia. The facility is named in honor of Jorge Wilstermann, a respected Bolivian commercial aviator.
It was a focus city for Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), the country's national airline, until service from LAB was suspended. The facility is one...
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Jórge Wilstermann International Airport, known in Spanish as Aeropuerto Internacional Jórge Wilstermann (IATA: CBB, ICAO: SLCB) is an airport serving the Cochabamba, a city in the Cochabamba department of Bolivia. The facility is named in honor of Jorge Wilstermann, a respected Bolivian commercial aviator.
It was a focus city for Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), the country's national airline, until service from LAB was suspended. The facility is one of the most clean and modern within Bolivia. In 2005, the airport served 670,898 passengers.
The airport resides at an elevation of 8,360 feet (2,548 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 measuring 12,460 by 148 feet (3,798 m × 45 m) and 04/22 measuring 8,692 by 148 feet (2,649 m × 45 m).
On March 1, 1997 the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25 year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport and...
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