Palo Negro International Airport
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| Palo Negro Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Palo Negro |
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| IATA: BGA - ICAO: SKBG | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aerocivil Colombia | ||
| Serves | Bucaramanga | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,897 ft (1,188 m) | ||
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Palo Negro International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Palo Negro) (IATA: BGA, ICAO: SKBG) is located in the town of Lebrija, about 30 Km west of Bucaramanga, Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international as well as domestic flights.
The airport was built over the mountains surrounding the Bucaramanga plateau. A mountain road connects the city with the airport, which is located at about 1,500 meters over the sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is located at 950 meters over the sea level).
The airport bears the name of the nearby area, "Palonegro". This was the place of a famous battle of the Colombian civil war, which happened in the early 1900s.
[edit] Airlines
- Aerolineas de Antioquia (Cucuta, Medellín Olaya Herrera)
- AerOasis (Bogota)
- AeroRepública (Bogota, San Andrés Island)
- Aires Colombia (Bogota, Cartagena, Cucuta, El Yopal, Medellín Olaya Herrera)
- Avianca (Bogota)
- Avianca operated by SAM Colombia (Bogota)
- SATENA (Arauca, Cucuta, Medellín Olaya Herrera, Saravena)
The construction started in 1969 and ended in 1974. This airport was made to replace the old municipal airport named "Gomez Niño".The first airplane to land was a 727 from AVIANCA flown by Captain Alvaro Barrera Gomez.
[edit] External links
- World Aero Data airport information for SKBG
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