Le 29 février 1996, le vol Faucett Perú 251, un vol intérieur régulier, effectué par un Boeing 737-200 de la compagnie aérienne péruvienne Faucett Perú, reliant Lima à Tacna, avec une escale prévue à Arequipa, s'est écrasé alors qu'il terminait la première étape du vol, lors de l'approche vers l'aéroport Rodriguez Ballón d'Arequipa.
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Rodríguez Ballón International Airport is an airport serving Arequipa, the capital of Arequipa Region and Peru's second largest city. This airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport are the main air hubs in southern Peru. It is named for early Peruvian aviator Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón. It is the third busiest airport in Peru.
It is the main air gateway for tourists visiting the city of Arequipa, nearby ruins, and the Colca Canyon, the world's second deepest canyon. The airport's passenger traffic has grown very rapidly since the airport was granted in concession as part of 6 airports in the southern part of Peru to Aeropuertos Andinos del Perú. As of the end of 2017 passenger traffic was 1,689,921 as reported by CORPAC, Peru's national airport corporation. The current terminal has already excedeed its planned capacity and it is expected that the airport will reach 2 million passengers on or before the year 2020 and is to be expanded.
The runway is paved its entire length, which includes a 440 metres displaced threshold on Runway 28. The airport is currently operated by the consortium "Aeropuertos Andinos", who reshuffled and modernized the existing facilities.
The installation of two boarding jetbridges and the expansion of the main hall, are among the work carried out by the consortium. The hall and the first jetbridge entered in operation on 20 September 2013.
The airport currently handles domestic flights from Cusco, and Lima along with Guayaquil and Cartagena via Lima.
It's a secondary base for airline JetSmart Perú.
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Cerro Colorado District is one of twenty-nine districts of the province Arequipa in Peru.
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The Arequipa Peru Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in the Cayma District of Arequipa, Peru. It is the third constructed in Peru, following those in Lima and Trujillo, and the church's 167th operating temple worldwide. Announced on October 6, 2012, by church president Thomas S. Monson during general conference, it was built to serve Latter-day Saints across southern Peru, significantly reducing travel time of up to 14 hours to the temple in Lima.
The temple was designed in a style inspired by Spanish Colonial and Baroque architecture, incorporating local Arequipeño elements such as native plant landscaping, art-glass windows featuring the Flor de Texao, and gray-white granite reminiscent of the region's historic sillar stone buildings. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 4, 2017, and led by Carlos A. Godoy, then serving as president of the church's South America Northwest Area.
After construction was completed, more than 80,000 visitors attended a public open house in November 2019. The temple was dedicated in three sessions on December 15, 2019, by Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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Cayma District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.
Cayma is known as the birthplace of Adobo, the city's official dish. It also houses 17th century churches. It is the place where the Lozada family, one of Arequipa's most prestigious families and founders of the Arequipa Clinic, have lived since their arrival from Spain in the 1600s.
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The Archdiocese of Arequipa is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain. The current Archbishop is Javier Augusto Del Río Alba since 21 October 2006.
Les 123 passagers et membres d'équipage à bord ont tous perdu la vie dans l'accident, ce qui en fait la catastrophe aérienne la plus meurtrière survenue sur le sol péruvien.