Palonegro International Airport

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Palonegro International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro
IATA: BGA – ICAO: SKBG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia
Serves		Bucaramanga
Location		Lebrija, Santander
Elevation AMSL		3,897 ft / 1,188 m
Coordinates		07°07′35″N 073°11′05″W / 7.12639, -73.18472
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
17/35	2.260	7.381	Asphalt
Source: World Aero Data[1]

Palonegro International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro) (IATA: BGA, ICAO: SKBG) is located in the town of Lebrija, Santander, about 30 km west of Bucaramanga, Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international and 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 1.200 m above sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is located at 950 meters above sea level).

The airport bears the name of the nearby area, "Palonegro". This was the place of a famous battle of the Thousand Days War, which happened in the early 1900s.

[edit] Airlines

• Aerolínea de Antioquia (Cúcuta, Medellín-Olaya Herrera)
• AeroRepública (Bogotá, Panama City, San Andrés Island (seasonal))
• AIRES (Cúcuta, El Yopal, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Fort Lauderdale (2008))
• Avianca (Bogotá)
• Avianca operated by SAM (Bogotá)
• SATENA (Arauca, Cúcuta, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Saravena)

The construction started in 1969 and ended in 1974. This airport was made to replace the old municipal airport named "Gómez Niño".The first airplane to land was a 727 from Avianca flown by Captain Alvaro Barrera Gómez.

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for SKBG at World Aero Data

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