Airports / Bolivia / TJA
Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
SLTJ / TJATarija, BoliviaELEV 6,079 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
63 nm
To the nearest alternate
Yacuiba Airport (BYC).
Overview
Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, listed as SLTJ / TJA, is a mid-sized airport in Tarija, Bolivia. Field elevation is 6,079 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list TJA as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Yacuiba Airport (BYC, 63 nm), Teniente Coronel Rafael Pabón Airport (VLM, 75 nm), and Bermejo Airport (BJO, 76 nm).
Trip costs from TJA 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 TJA to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SLTJ
IATA
TJA
FAA / Local
SLTJ
Elevation
6,079 ft
Coordinates
21.5557° S · 64.7013° 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 Bolivia fields
state range 440–13,355 ft
At 6,079 ft, TJA sits higher than 60% of the 20 Bolivia 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.
- 63nmBYCYacuiba AirportYacuíba
- 75nmVLMTeniente Coronel Rafael Pabón AirportVillamontes
- 76nmBJOBermejo AirportBermejo
- 81nmTTGGeneral Enrique Mosconi AirportTartagal
- 98nmORAOrán AirportOrán
- 129nmPY-0043Base de la Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya "Mayor Infante Rivarola"Mayor Infante Rivarola
Location
Open the full mapSLTJ · Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport · Tarija, Bolivia