Asociacion Aerodeportiva de Paracaidismo de Lima

Right from when I contacted these guys over email they seemed really nice and willing to help. I got to the DZ and they saw that my rig doesn´t have an AAD, which is mandatory in Peru. They found a local who was willing to lend me his rig, and then they rented me a club rig at a good price when I wanted to jump with the guy who lent me his rig.

The view of the Andes from the plane is pretty cool. It`s weird being at 11K and seeing a mountain out the window.

I only spent one Sunday there and there was a big jumping event in another part of the country which drew away most of the experienced jumpers, so I can´t say what an average weekend is like. From what I did see these guys are super safety oriented, the Ceneca is a really nice little plane and the vibe in general was great! I can't wait to come back

Extremely nice people, excellent vibe from everybody, nice view from the air.

Small plane (not their fault though), a little complicated to get there.

A place to develop the sport of skydiving in Peru

I went to Lima on a Business trip, contacted the Dropzone Operator over the phone and by email, very friendly person.

He told me even though they jump every weekend, I could only expect a small Cessna, Peruvian Air Force let them use an Antonov that can take 24 people, but only on certain occasions.

When in Lima I called the guy and he coordinated somebody to pick me up the next day in the morning.

Next day another skydiver went to my hotel, picked me up, helped me with the gear, etc.

We went to pick up another visitor skydiver and drove to the dropzone.

From Lima is about 30 minutes drive, not far, the highways are not the best, but they are ok.

The dropzone is a small place, within an Air Force Base limits, they have a small covered area for packing the student rigs and for Fun Jumpers there is a big place with nice grass and covered by trees, so your canopy wont suffer from the sun.

The landing area is huge, I guess is very nice for students, landing in zone is no brainer there, you can infer the landing pattern from 6 miles around.

There is a place for grilling, a small store where they sell sodas, food, etc.

That day the plane did about 12 loads, not bad for a Cessna.

At the end of the day, the other visitor skydiver (from Argentina) put meat on the grill, with chorizo (Argentinian Sausage) and we eat and drank wine.


In general aspects, they have a huge potential, you need a lot of people skills to run a dropzone, and they have it.

No competition, they are the only dropzone in the country.

Support from other dropzones, and specially from other skilled peruvian skydivers could make this a much bigger place to jump.

This is the way it works: more skydivers, then bigger planes,,, no the other way around.

So, people visiting Peru, take your rigs, call the guys and make some jumps, we need more places to jump around the world.

I'll go again in four months.