| Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base Base Aérea Capitán Germán Olano Moreno |
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| IATA: PAL – ICAO: SKPQ | |||
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| Airport type | Military: Air Force Base | ||
| Operator | Colombian Air Force | ||
| Location | Palanquero / Puerto Salgar, Colombia | ||
| Built | August 27, 1933 | ||
| In use | 1933 - Present | ||
| Commander | Brigadier General Guillermo León León | ||
| Occupants | Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 173 m / 566 ft | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 3,044 | 9,987 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Capitán Germán Olano Moreno) (IATA: PAL, ICAO: SKPQ) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 1 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 or CACOM 1). The base is located in Palanquero, near Puerto Salgar, in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia.[3] It is named in honor of Captain Germán Olano Moreno.[4]
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The air base resides at an elevation of 566 feet (173 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 9,987 by 164 feet (3,044 × 50 m).[1]
Officially inaugurated August 27th, 1933 by the president of the republic Enrique Olaya Herrera, as the nacional airport of La Dorada.[5]
In 1932, due to the conflict with Peru, the idea to create a base in a central strategic location was gaining hold. Back then the Hacienda Palanquero was already in use as an airport by the Colombian-German airline Scadta since 1919.[6]
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