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FSX Scenery--Cuzco Alejandro Velasco Astete (SPZO), Peru. The airport is located in the city of Cusco, in southeastern Peru at an altitude of 10,860 ft / 3310 m. Cusco, a principal tourist attraction in Latin America, receives various domestic flights as well as some international flights. Its runways are completely paved. Currently, it operates at limited capacity due to its precarious location near the city's center. Despite these limitations, the airport has consistently ranked as Peru's second most important air terminal, handling 2,308,110 national and international passengers in 2013. The runway is paved and is 3400 meters (11,155 feet) long and 45 meters (148 feet) wide. The huge length of the runway is mainly due to the elevation; the thin air causes aircraft to use more runway and climb-outs are slow and shallow. By Klaus-Peter Kniffka.