Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport
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| Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport | |||
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| IATA: BAQ - ICAO: SKBQ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public and military | ||
| Operator | Aeropuertos del Caribe SA | ||
| Serves | Barranquilla | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 101 ft (31 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 9,842 | 3,000 | Concrete |
Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (IATA: BAQ, ICAO: SKBQ) is located in Barranquilla, Colombia and owes its name to one of the pioneers of Colombian aviation, Ernesto Cortissoz. The airport is located in the municipality of Soledad, about 7 km south of the city of Barranquilla. It is one of the few airports in Colombia capable of accepting widebodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and Lockheed L-1011.
The airport's proximity to major tourist attractions, as well as good weather, should enable it to be named as one of Colombia's major regional hubs. Unfortunately, due to political and economic circumstances in Colombia, this is not the case. The airport is instead forced to run under capacity with limited service to domestic airports and few international destinations.
This airport works as the international HUB for Aires Colombia, and as a second Hub for Avianca during the high season.
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[edit] Airlines
[edit] Passenger Airlines
- AerOasis (Bogotá)
- Aerolineas de Antioquia (Medellin Olaya Herrera, Corozal)
- AeroRepública (Bogotá, San Andres Island)
- Aires (Cartagena, Cucuta, Maracaibo, Panama City, Monteria, Oranjestad, Valledupar, Willemstad)
- Avianca (Bogotá, Miami, New York-JFK, Pereira)
- Avianca operated by SAM Colombia (Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Oranjestad)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- SATENA(Cali, Medellín Olaya Herrera, Puerto Bolivar)
- Searca Colombia (Charter Airline)
[edit] Cargo Airlines
- Aerosucre Colombia
- Cielos del Peru (Miami, Los Angeles)
- TAMPA Cargo (Medellin, Miami)
- South Winds (Miami)
[edit] Accidents
- On March 17, 1995, An Intercontinental DC-9 was destroyed by fire while it was parked in the arpon, no one was on the plane.
- On November 19, 2006, A DC-10 operated by Cielos Airlines overran the runway while landing in bad weather, All 6 crews were injured. Two days later, Avianca Flight 9522 was outbound from Bogotá also overran the runway. All 135 people survived.
[edit] External links
Alcides Fernández (Acandi) • Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (Cali) • Antonio Nariño (Pasto) • Benito Salas (Neiva) • Camilo Daza (Cúcuta) • El Carano (Quibdó) • El Dorado (Bogotá) • El Edén (Armenia) • El Yopal • Enrique Olaya Herrera (Medellín) • Ernesto Cortissoz (Barranquilla) • Guillermo Léon Valencia (Popayán) • Gustavo Artunduaga (Florencia) • Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (San Andrés Island) • José María Córdova (Río Negro) • La Florida (Tumaco) • La Nubia (Manizales) • La Palma (Valledupar) • La Vanguardia (Villavicencio) • Las Brujas (Corozal) • Los Garzones (Montería) • Matecaña (Pereira) • Mitú • Obando (Puerto Irínida) • Palo Negro (Bucaramanga) • Puerto Bolívar • Puerto Carreño • Rafael Núñez (Cartagena) • Riohacha • San José del Guaviare • Santana (Cartago) • Santiago Pérez (Arauca) • Simón Bolívar (Santa Marta) • Tres de Mayo (Puerto Asís) • Vásquez Cobo (Leticia)• Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo Airport (Valledupar)
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