José María Córdova International Airport

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José María Córdova International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova
IATA: MDE – ICAO: SKRG
Summary
Airport type		Commercial
Operator		Aeronáutica Civil (Civil Aviation Company)
Location		Medellín
Elevation AMSL		2.142 m / 7.027 ft
Coordinates		06°10′02″N 75°25′36″W / 6.16722, -75.42667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
18/36	3.557	11.483	Paved
Statistics (2007)
Passengers movement			2.329.867
Cargo movement			132.382 T
Air operations			45.867
Sources:World Aero Data, Aerocivil

José María Córdova International Airport (IATA: MDE, ICAO: SKRG) is the main airport serving the Colombian city of Medellín and its surrounding metropolitan area. The airport is located about 30 minutes from the urban area by the new Las Palmas express way, in the municipality of Rionegro. It is the second largest airport in Colombia after the El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infrastructure and the third in terms of passenger service.

Contents 1 Description 2 International Concourse 3 National Concourse 4 Cargo Airlines 5 Accidents and incidents 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Description

The airport serves all major international and domestic routes in contrast to Olaya Herrera Airport which also serves the Medellín area with regional flights and airlines. José María Córdova is set for a major expansion which will include new international terminals and an expansion on the cargo terminal this is set to start next year according to the Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia. The airport is named after José María Córdova, a Colombian army general who was a native of Río Negro City.

[edit] International Concourse

• Aerogal (Quito)
• AeroRepública (Panama City, Caracas)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Avianca (Miami, New York-JFK, Caracas operate by sam)
• Lan Airlines
  • Lan Perú (Lima, Quito)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• TACA
  • TACA Perú (Lima) [begins July 2]

[edit] National Concourse

• AeroRepública (Bogotá, San Andrés Island)
• Avianca (Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Santa Marta)
  • SAM (Bogotá, Cali, San Andrés Island [seasonal])
• Satena (San Andrés Island)

[edit] Cargo Airlines

• AeroSucre
• Gemini Air Cargo
• Polar Air Cargo
• Florida West International Airways
• Tampa Cargo
• Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas
• LAN Cargo
• Tradewings Cargo
• Kalitta Air
• MasAir

[edit] Accidents and incidents

Avianca Flight 52, flying on a Bogota to Medellin to New York JFK route, crashed on January 25, 1990 on Long Island after running out of fuel.

[edit] See also

• Medellín
• Olaya Herrera Airport

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e Airports of Colombia Alcides Fernández (Acandi) • Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (Cali) • Alfonso López Pumarejo (Valledupar) Almirante Padilla (Riohacha) • Antonio Nariño (Pasto) • Antonio Roldán Betancourt (Apartadó) • Benito Salas (Neiva) • Camilo Daza (Cúcuta) • El Caraño (Quibdó) • El Dorado (Bogotá) • El Edén (Armenia) • El Embrujo Airport (Providencia) • El Alcaraván (El Yopal) • Ernesto Cortissoz (Barranquilla) • Guillermo León Valencia (Popayán) • Guaymaral (Bogotá) • Gustavo Artunduaga (Florencia) • Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (San Andrés Island) • José María Córdova (Río Negro) • La Florida (Tumaco) • La Nubia (Manizales) • La Palma (Valledupar) • Las Brujas (Corozal) • Los Garzones (Montería) • Matecaña (Pereira) • Fabio Alberto León Bentley (Mitú) • Obando (Puerto Inírida) • Olaya Herrera (Medellín) • Palonegro (Bucaramanga) • Perales (Ibagué) • Puerto Bolívar • Puerto Carreño • Rafael Núñez (Cartagena) • San Luis (Ipiales) • Jorge Enríque González (San José del Guaviare) • Santa Ana (Cartago) • Santiago Pérez (Arauca) • Simón Bolívar (Santa Marta) • Tres de Mayo (Puerto Asís) • Vanguardia (Villavicencio) • Vásquez Cobo (Leticia) • Yariguíes (Barrancabermeja) •