Airport map and runways

Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ)

Rioja, Peru · ICAO SPJA · IATA RIJ

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 20 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Rioja, Peru
ICAO code: SPJA
IATA code: RIJ
Elevation: 2,707 ft
Longest runway: 6,168 ft (16/34)
Runways: 1
Size class: Medium
Position: -6.0679, -77.1600

About SPJA

Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ) is a medium airport in Rioja, Peru, with the ICAO code SPJA. It has one runway, 16/34, 6,168 ft long and 98 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 3 taxiway segments, 1 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for SPJA.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
16 / 34	6,168 ft	98 ft	Hard	Lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.