BA Las Palmas (SPLP) (Santiago de Surco)
RWY 01/19 POS 12°09'39"S 076°59'56"W ELEV 250 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Dirección de Vigilancia y Reconocimiento Aéreo (DIVRA)	Escuadrón Aéreo de Reconocimiento Remoto 330	Pegaso (UAV) (o/o)

	Escuadrón 331	Lj36A Lj45XR Falcon 20 (wfu)

	Escuadrón Aéreo 334	C-26B RC695

		PC-6/B2-H2

Escuela de Aviación Civil (EDACI)		Ce172SP CH2000 PA-34 T-41A/D Maxair Drifter (ULV) ML 109 MXII (ULV) various gliders

Servicio de Mantenimiento (SEMAN)		Maintenance on all aircraft

The Falcon is replaced by a Lj45XR that is said to be operated by Grupo 8. This school is controlled by the military although it is not a true military unit.

Electronic reconnaissance is performed by the air force's 331 squadron based at Las Palmas.

Bryan Luna

Base Aérea de Santa Clara (--)
RWY (none) POS 03°47'13"S 073°20'20"W ELEV 304 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérea de Santa Clara (BACLA)		no aircraft assigned

Escuela de Supervivencia en la Selva (ESSEL)		no aircraft assigned

Chiclayo (SPHI) BA Cap. José Abelardo Quiñonez Gonzalez
RWY 01/19 POS 06°47'15"S 079°49'41"W ELEV 95 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°6	Escuadrón Aéreo 611 Escuadrilla XXI Bicolor	Zlin 242L

	Escuadrón Caza-bombardeo 612	MiG-29S MiG-29SE MiG-29SM-P MiG-29UB-P

Upgraded MiG-29s form the backbone of the air force.

Bryan Luna

Iquitos (SPQT) BA Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta
RWY 06/24 POS 03°47'05"S 073°18'32"W ELEV 306 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo de Transporte N°42	Escuadrón Transporte Aéreo Nacional de Selva 427	Y-12 (wfu)

Peru obtained a fleet of Viking DHC-6-400 to liaise throughout the vast jungle territories.

Bryan Luna

Iquitos/Teniente Bergerie (SPID)
RWY 13/31, NW/SE (water) POS 03°44'32"S 073°15'37"W ELEV 384 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo de Transporte N°42	Escuadrón Transporte Aéreo Nacional de Selva 421	DHC-6

	Escuadrón Transporte Aéreo Nacional de Selva 421	DHC-6-300 float-equipped

Juanjui (SPJI)
RWY 03/21 (turf) POS 07°10'11"S 076°43'45"W ELEV 1148 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Agrupamiento Aérea de Juanjuí (AGRAJ)		no based aircraft

La Joya/Mariano Melgar (--) BA Coronel FAP Víctor Maldonado Begazo, Arequipa
RWY 17/35 POS 16°47'30"S 071°53'12"W ELEV 3890 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°4	Escuadrón Caza-bombardeo 412	Mirage 2000P Mirage 2000DP

After Brazil withdrew its M2000s, Peru is now the sole operator of the type in Latin America.

Bryan Luna

Lima-Callao/Intl Jorge Chavez (SPJC) BA Jorge Chavez
RWY 15/33 POS 12°01'19"S 077°06'52"W ELEV 112 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°3	Escuadrón de Helicópteros 315	Bo105LSA-3

	Escuadrón de Helicópteros 332	Bell 212

	Escuadrón de Helicópteros 341	Mi-8MTV-1 Mi-17-1V Mi-171Sh Mi-171Sh-P

Grupo Aéreo de Transporte N°8	Escuadrón de Transporte 841	B737 Beech 200

	Escuadrón de Transporte 842	C-130 L-100

	Escuadrón de Transporte 843	An-32B

	Escuadrón de Transporte 844	C-27J

Pisco (SPSO) BA Capitan Renan Elias Oliveira
RWY 04/22 POS 13°44'42"S 076°13'13"W ELEV 39 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Escuela de Formación de Pilotos N°51 (EFOPI)	Escuadrón Aéreo de Helicopteros 510	Schweizer 300C Enstrom F280FX (o/o)

	Escuadrón Aéreo Primario 511	CH2000

	Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Básico 512	EMB312 (wfu) KT-1P

	Escuadrón Aéreo de Entrenamiento Avanzada 513	MB339AP (wfu) KA-1P

	Escuadrón Aéreo de Instruccion 514	EMB312 (wfu)

Newest kid on the block is the KAI KT-1P that is co-produced by SEMAN at Las Palmas.

Bryan Luna

Piura (SPUR) BA Capitan Concha
RWY 01/19 POS 05°12'21"S 080°36'59"W ELEV 174 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°7	Escuadrón Caza-bombardeo 711	A-37B

	Escuadrón Caza-bombardeo 712	A-37B

Peru co-operates with Korea, this started with second hand A-37s being received and was continued in the KT-1P programme.

Bryan Luna

Pucallpa (SPCL)
RWY 02/20 POS 08°22'41"S 074°34'27"W ELEV 513 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérea de Pucallpa (BAPUC)		no based aircraft

Puerto Maldonado (SPTU)
RWY 01/19 POS 12°36'50"S 069°13'45"W ELEV 659 ft Airfield Guide Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérea de Puerto Maldonado (BAMAL)		no based aircraft

Puerto Maldonado has a small FAP facility to support detachments. In those cases it is controlled by Ala 3.

Affectionately known as the 'baby Hercules', the C-27Js are gradually finding their way to various air forces. Peru obtained four of them.

Ian French

San Ramon/Capitan Alvarino (SPRM)
RWY 01/19 POS 11°07'43"S 075°21'02"W ELEV 2740 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Base Aérea de San Ramon (BASRA)		no based aircraft

Talara (SPTP) BA El Pato
RWY 18/36 POS 04°32'59"S 081°13'27"W ELEV 286 ft Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°11	Escuadrón Aéreo 111	Su-22M (wfu) Su-22UM3 (wfu)

	Escuadrón Aéreo 112	Su-25 Su-25UB

Apparently, eight of the KT-1P will be camouflaged and used for counter insurgency operations.

Ian French

Tarapoto (SPST) Cad. Guillermo del Castillo Paredes
RWY 17/35 POS 06°30'31"S 076°22'24"W ELEV 869 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Agrupamiento Aérea de Tarapoto (AGRAT)		no based aircraft

Vitor (SPVR) BA Coronel FAP Marco Schenone Oliva
Airfield Guide
Grupo	Escuadrón	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Grupo Aéreo N°2	Escuadrón Aéreo 211	Mi-25 Mi-35

Mi-25 have been used to good effect for quite a while and a couple new Mi-35 were obtained recently. Home base is Vitor, a self-supporting air base, complete with its own farm!

Bryan Luna

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