Juan Simons Vela Airport — Rioja, Peru

Juan Simons Vela Airport serves Rioja, a city in Peru's San Martín region within the country's northern Amazon rainforest zone. RIJ supports domestic flights linking Rioja to Lima and other Peruvian cities, providing a crucial connection for a region where mountainous and jungle terrain makes overland travel slow and difficult. The surrounding San Martín area is known for coffee and cacao production, and RIJ facilitates both passenger travel and light cargo movement supporting these agricultural exports. As with many airports in Peru's Amazon basin, RIJ's importance lies less in passenger volume and more in providing essential connectivity for a geographically isolated regional economy.