Heriberto Gíl Martínez Airport

Heriberto Gil Martínez Airport
Farfan Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School EMAVI
Serves Tuluá, Colombia
Elevation AMSL 3,132 ft / 955 m
Coordinates 4°05′40″N 76°13′26″W / 4.09444°N 76.22389°W / 4.09444; -76.22389
Map
ULQ

Location of the airport in Colombia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3]

The Heriberto Gil Martínez Airport (IATA: ULQ, ICAO: SKUL) is an airport serving the municipality of Tulua in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia.

The airport was formerly Farfan Airport, named after an unverified pre-Hispanic tribe. On 20 August 2004, it was renamed after Heriberto Gil Martínez, one of the first aviators in Colombia, who along with Camilo Daza founded the FAC.

It has no commercial air services. Currently the airstrip is used by the Marco Fidel Suárez Military Aviation School (EMAVI) de Santiago de Cali. Although the airport is central in one of the great intermountain valleys of Colombia, its short runway has hindered interest in establishing scheduled air service.

The Tulua VOR-DME (Ident: ULQ) is located on the field.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for ULQ at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ World Aero Data
  3. ↑ Google Maps - Farfan
  4. ↑ Tulua VOR
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