LPB — El Alto International Airport
Large airport in La Paz, Bolivia.
- IATA code
- LPB
- ICAO code
- SLLP
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- —
- No open data
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−4
- America/La_Paz
- Elevation
- 4,071 m
- 13,356 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 4,000 m
Local time now: —
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About LPB
El Alto International Airport is a large airport serving La Paz, Bolivia. It opened in 1965 and is run by Abertis. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from LPB.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from LPB
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| LPB → SCL | 1,888 km | 12,724 |
| LPB → IQQ | 493 km | 23 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, JAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Chile. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| ORU | Juan Mendoza International Airport | 200 km |
| CBB | Jorge Wilsterman International Airport | 237 km |
| JUL | Inca Manco Capac International Airport | 240 km |
| RBQ | Rurrenabaque Airport | 243 km |
| TCQ | Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport | 280 km |
Distance from LPB to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,000 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 10L/28R | 2,050 m | 91 m | Gre |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
La Paz / El Alto, La Paz Department, Bolivia · -16.5103, -68.1894
Questions
El Alto International Airport has the IATA code LPB and the ICAO code SLLP. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
LPB is a large airport in La Paz / El Alto, La Paz Department, Bolivia, at -16.5103, -68.1894, 4,071 m above sea level. It serves La Paz.
LPB is in the America/La_Paz time zone, UTC−4.
El Alto International Airport opened in 1965.
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