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Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa
A city of white volcanic stone housing a 20,000-square-meter monastery that is essentially a city within a city, with colorful streets and cloisters.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Arequipa, Peru · South America
Cono Norte is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Cono Norte, 19km from El Misti.
Cono Norte is a town located in Arequipa, Peru. With a population of 47,347, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Cono Norte sits in Peru, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Lima time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Cono Norte to your route.
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón, IATA: AQP, ICAO: SPQU) 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 southernRead more
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 (only behind Cotahuasi Canyon, also in Arequipa). 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 (around 1.5 million passengers) 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 (1,440 ft) 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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Cono Norte is located in Arequipa, Peru, South America. The coordinates are -16.3237 latitude, -71.5815 longitude.
Cono Norte has a population of approximately 47,347 people, making it a town in Peru.
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museum
A city of white volcanic stone housing a 20,000-square-meter monastery that is essentially a city within a city, with colorful streets and cloisters.
9 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
5,822-metre stratovolcano overlooking Arequipa, a constant landmark on the Panamericana and Colca approach roads.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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