Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Yurimaguas

Yurimaguas

Yurimaguas is a thriving port-town in the Loreto Region of northeastern Peruvian Amazonia. Historically associated with Maynas Pais de los Maynas, the culturally diverse town is affectionately known as the "Pearl of the Huallaga"...

, a town in Yurimaguas

Yurimaguas District

Yurimaguas District is one of six districts of the province of Alto Amazonas in Peru.-References:...

 district

Districts of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments...

, Alto Amazonas

Alto Amazonas Province

The Alto Amazonas Province is one of the seven provinces in the Loreto Region of Peru. Located in northeastern Peruvian Amazonia, the culturally and biodiverse Province of Alto Amazonas is divided into six districts...

 province

Provinces of Peru

The provinces of Peru, known in Spanish as provincias, are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts . There are 195 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 regions except for the Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average...

, Loreto

Loreto Region

Loreto is Peru's northernmost region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest region and also one of the most sparsely populated ones, due to its remote location in the Amazon Rainforest...

 region

Regions of Peru

The regions of Peru are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments but faced the problem of an increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima...

, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. It is owned and operated by CORPAC S.A.

CORPAC

The Peruvian Corporation of Commercial Airports and Aviation Inc. ' operates various airports in Peru. It was founded by law in June 1943....

, a civil government agency.

The airport receives charter flights. It does not have scheduled airline service at present, but it has in the past.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 587 feet (179 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 09-27 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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surface measuring 1800 by 30 m (5,905.5 by 98.4 ).