Airports / Peru / AQP
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport
SPQU / AQPArequipa, PeruELEV 8,405 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
82 nm
To the nearest alternate
General Jorge Fernandez Maldon Airport (ILQ).
Overview
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, listed as SPQU / AQP, is a large commercial airport in Arequipa, Peru. The field lies at an elevation of 8,405 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
AQP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include General Jorge Fernandez Maldon Airport (ILQ, 82 nm), Inca Manco Capac International Airport (JUL, 97 nm), and Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport (TCQ, 127 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AQP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AQP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SPQU
IATA
AQP
FAA / Local
SPQU
Elevation
8,405 ft
Coordinates
16.3408° S · 71.5695° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Peru fields
state range 39–12,552 ft
At 8,405 ft, AQP sits higher than 77% 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.
- 82nmILQGeneral Jorge Fernandez Maldon AirportIlo
- 97nmJULInca Manco Capac International AirportJuliaca
- 127nmTCQCoronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International AirportTacna
- 140nmARIChacalluta International AirportArica
- 170nmCUZAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco
- 195nmLPBEl Alto International AirportLa Paz / El Alto
Location
Open the full mapSPQU · Rodríguez Ballón International Airport · Arequipa, Peru