Airports / Peru / CHH
Chachapoyas Airport
SPPY / CHHChachapoyas, PeruELEV 8,333 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
42 nm
To the nearest alternate
Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ).
Overview
Located in Chachapoyas, Peru, Chachapoyas Airport (SPPY / CHH) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 8,333 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
CHH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ, 42 nm), Shumba Airport (JAE, 66 nm), and Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport (CJA, 68 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CHH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CHH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SPPY
IATA
CHH
FAA / Local
SPPY
Elevation
8,333 ft
Coordinates
6.2019° S · 77.8562° 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 Peru fields
state range 39–12,552 ft
At 8,333 ft, CHH sits higher than 74% of the 31 Peru 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.
- 42nmRIJJuan Simons Vela AirportRioja
- 66nmJAEShumba AirportJaén
- 68nmCJAMayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias AirportCajamarca
- 89nmJJIJuanjui AirportJuanjuí
- 90nmTPPCadete FAP Guillermo Del Castillo Paredes AirportTarapoto
- 105nmYMSMoises Benzaquen Rengifo AirportYurimaguas
Location
Open the full mapSPPY · Chachapoyas Airport · Chachapoyas, Peru