Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is an airport

Airport

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 that serves Sucre

Sucre

Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2750m...

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, the nation's constitution

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al capital city

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The only runway

Runway

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 at Juana Azurduy de Padilla is 9400 feet in length, and is at an altitude of 9528 feet (2,904.1 m). Because of this high altitude, many people who arrive at Sucre via rapid air travel get altitude sickness

Altitude sickness

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. The altitude also causes the airport to be excessively cloudy at times, making approach difficult.

As with many in Latin America, Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is not open 24 hours a day. It is only open from sunrise to sunset. However, unlike many Latin American airports, Juana Azurduy de Padilla has a paved runway.

Though Sucre is Bolivia's constitutional (de jure) capital city, Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is not the largest airport in the country. The largest airport is Viru Viru

Viru Viru International Airport

Viru Viru International Airport is an aviation facility located in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.The idea to build a new, modern airport in Santa Cruz was conceived in 1976, in view of the obsolence of the old airport known as El Trompillo. Soon after, construction of the airport began...

 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...

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The airport is named for Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Doña Juana Azurduy de Padilla was born on July 12, 1780 or 1781 in the town of Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata . She was Mestizo by ethnicity meaning she was half European and half indigenous. “Her mother married into a family of property” meaning she married into a more wealth family...

, who fought for independence against Spain.

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