Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport — Iquitos, Peru

IQT connects Iquitos to the rest of Peru by the only practical means available, since the city holds the distinction of being among the largest urban centers on Earth with no road access at all, reachable solely by aircraft or by boat along the Amazon River and its tributaries. Named for a Peruvian air force colonel, the airport functions as the essential gateway for the region's rubber-era river port, now a launching point for jungle lodges, wildlife tourism, and scientific expeditions into the surrounding rainforest. Flights from Lima form the backbone of scheduled service, supplemented by smaller regional routes to other Amazonian towns that likewise depend on air transport for anything beyond river travel. Humid equatorial conditions and dense surrounding jungle shape both the airport's operations and the character of a city where boats, not cars, dominate everyday transportation once travelers leave the terminal.