Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport
Chiclayo Airport in Peru
IATA: CIX ICAO: SPHI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ADP
Location	Chiclayo
Elevation AMSL	97 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	6°47′15″S 79°49′40″W / 6.78750°S 79.82778°W / -6.78750; -79.82778
Map
CIX Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,519 8,264 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1]

Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (IATA: CIX, ICAO: SPHI) is an airport serving Chiclayo, Peru and the surrounding metropolitan area. It is run by ADP, a private airport operator that operates various airports in northern Peru. It is the main airport of the Lambayeque Region, one of the most populous regions of Peru.

The airport is also used by the Peruvian Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea del Perú, FAP). It hosts one of the Air Force's two air superiority/interceptor squadrons, Escuadrón Aéreo 612 (Fighter Squadron 612 "Fighting Cocks"). The blast shelters housing the squadron's Mig 29 aircraft are visible from the airport runways.

The airport is named after Jose Quiñones Gonzalez, an FAP pilot who was killed during the July 1941 Ecuadorian-Peruvian War.

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