Macará is the border town of Ecuador with Peru and it sees little air traffic. In fact a loud siren is used to clear the people off the runway in case of any traffic, as the locals use it as a short cut when carrying heavy groceries. Here there is a dog and a pedestrian on the runway during the take off for the long flight back to Guayaquil.

Backtracking for departure.

The remote runway of Macará. Anybody can walk on the tarmac, and when an aircraft approaches a siren sounds to scare everybody off!

Nice overview of the Macará control tower and passenger terminal. This is a small town right at the Peruvian border, and it sees very little traffic. If an aircraft approaches, a loud siren warns the pedestrians to get off the runway. The aircraft is AeroAndina MXP-150 Patriot with registration HC-U0074.

This Aerotec seen warming up at Macará, preparing for the long flight back to Guayaquil. Macará is the border town of Ecuador with Peru and it sees little air traffic. In fact a loud siren is used to clear the people off the runway in case of any traffic, as the locals use it as a short cut when carrying heavy groceries across.