title: Uyuni Airport
text: # Uyuni Airport
  
  Uyuni Airport (IATA: UYU, ICAO: SLUY), also known as Joya Andina Airport, is an airport at extremely high elevation just northwest of Uyuni, in the southwestern Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is close to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It was opened by the Bolivian president Evo Morales on July 11, 2011. Currently the airport is served by one airline: Boliviana de Aviacion which offers regular flights to and from La Paz and Cochabamba.
  
  Uyuni Airport features a 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide paved runway, making it the airport with Bolivia's second longest runway.
  
  The Uyuni VOR-DME (Ident: UNI) is located on the field.
  
  ## Airlines and destinations
  
  | Airlines | Destinations |
  | - | - |
  | Boliviana de Aviación | Cochabamba, La Paz |
  