Leg 102 SPHI - Chiclayo (Peru) to SEGU - Guayaquil (Ecuador)
SPHI - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SPHI
Airport name: Capitan Jose Abelardo Quinones Gonzales Airport
Location: Chiclayo
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Chiclayo Info
Chiclayo, city, northwestern Peru, capital of Lambayeque Department and Chiclayo Province, in an irrigated oasis of the Lambayeque River valley. On the Pan-American Highway, Chiclayo is connected by road and rail with the Pacific ports of Eten and Pimentel. It also has an airport. The area produces most of the country's rice and is second in sugar production; cotton is also grown. Industries in the city include tanning, brewing, lumber milling, and fruit canning; furniture, shoes, glass, cement, and chocolate also are manufactured here. Chiclayo was founded in 1720 and became a city in 1835. Population (1998 estimate) 375,058.
SEGU - Airport Info
ICAO code: SEGU
Airport name: Simon Bolivar Airport
Location: Guayaquil
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Guayaquil Info
Guayaquil, in full Santiago de Guayaquil, city in western Ecuador, capital of Guayas Province. The city is situated on the Guayas River, near the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, in the country's low-lying Pacific littoral. Guayaquil is Ecuador's largest city and leading economic center. Most of the nation's large export trade in bananas and the great majority of its imports pass through Guayaquil's nearby deepwater outport (completed 1962). Major industries include shrimp fishing, petroleum refining, food processing, and the manufacture of machinery and consumer goods. Farmers working the rich soils of the northern coastal area grow bananas, cacao, coffee, and oranges that are exported from Guayaquil to different parts of the world. Guayaquil has become one of the busiest South American ports on the Pacific Ocean. Recent expansion has attracted a flood of workers from rural Ecuador, creating housing and water shortages.
Lying just south of the equator, Guayaquil is cooled slightly by the Humboldt Current for most of the year. The current subsides in January, leaving residents to face a hot, humid, and rainy climate through April.
Although life in Guayaquil revolves around its busy riverfront, a number of museums and art galleries, colonial buildings, parks, and tree-lined plazas offer insight into the city's culture. The cemetery in Guayaquil is well known for its elaborate white tombs, grand mausoleums, and shady walkways. Many people stop in the historic district of Las Peńas to visit 16th-century Santo Domingo, the city's oldest church. Educational centers in Guayaquil include the University of Guayaquil (1867), the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (1962), the Vicente Rocafuerte Lay University of Guayaquil (1847), and a polytechnic institute (1958).
Guayaquil was founded in 1537 by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana. The city endured frequent pirate attacks during the colonial era because of its strategic location. Today two cannons pointing toward the Guayas guard the entrance to the Plaza Colón, serving as reminders of these 17th-century skirmishes.
Guayaquil was the site of the Guayaquil Conference (1822), a historic meeting between revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar and Argentine general José de San Martín. After these two heroes of the South American independence movement disagreed on political goals during this secret meeting, San Martín resigned his role as a leader of the revolution, and Bolívar continued his struggle against Spanish domination. After this clandestine summit, Guayaquil became part of Gran Colombia, from which Ecuador emerged as an independent state in 1830. The meeting between these two heroes is commemorated in the city's famous statue of the liberators, called La Rotonda. Population 2,117,553 (2000 estimate).