# Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport

Cusco, Peru

Cusco's high-altitude gateway, opened in 1964 and named for the pilot who first crossed the Andes by air. Sitting above 3,300 meters, it is most travelers' first breath of the old Inca capital.

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Coordinates: -13.53555556, -71.94361111

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