Airports / Ecuador / CUE
Mariscal Lamar Airport
SECU / CUECuenca, EcuadorELEV 8,306 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
63 nm
To the nearest alternate
Coronel E Carvajal Airport (XMS).
Overview
Located in Cuenca, Ecuador, Mariscal Lamar Airport (SECU / CUE) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 8,306 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list CUE as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Coronel E Carvajal Airport (XMS, 63 nm), Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR, 69 nm), and José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE, 70 nm).
Trip costs from CUE are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CUE to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SECU
IATA
CUE
FAA / Local
SECU
Elevation
8,306 ft
Coordinates
2.8895° S · 78.9844° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Ecuador fields
state range 18–9,649 ft
At 8,306 ft, CUE sits higher than 76% of the 17 Ecuador fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 63nmXMSCoronel E Carvajal AirportMacas
- 69nmETRSanta Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International AirportSanta Rosa
- 70nmGYEJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil
- 93nmTBPCaptain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International AirportTumbes
- 104nmATFChachoán Regional AirportAmbato
- 106nmMRRJose Maria Velasco Ibarra AirportMacará
Location
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