Barranquilla Airport
| Barranquilla Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | SKBQ |
| IATA code | BAQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 30 m (98 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 km south of Barranquilla |
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| Basic data | |
| opening | 16th September 1979 |
| operator | Grupo Aeroportuario del Caribe SAS |
| surface | 317 ha |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 2,756,764 (2015) |
| Air freight | 33,291 t (2014) |
| Flight movements |
37,168 (2008) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 05/23 | 3000 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Barranquilla Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz , IATA code : BAQ , ICAO code : SKBQ ) is an international traffic airport in the municipality of Soledad , south of the Colombian coastal city of Barranquilla , Atlántico Department . It opened in 1979 and is the aviation hub of the Colombian airline LATAM Airlines Colombia . It consists of an international and a national terminal as well as an asphalt runway .
history
Barranquilla Airport is named after Ernesto Cortissoz , a visionary and Sephardic Jew who was born in Barranquilla in 1884. On December 5, 1919, he founded the company SCADTA - Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos ("German-Colombian Air Transport Company ") - with three partners from Germany and five from Colombia. The SCADTA started with a capital of 100 Pesos gold and two Junkers F 13 seaplanes, left over from the First World War .
The airport is designed for the Boeing 747 , Boeing 767 and Airbus A340 models and is mainly used for domestic American air traffic.
Airlines
- Aerolínea de Antioquia (passenger transport)
- Aerosucre (air freight)
- VivaColombia (passenger transport)
- LAN Colombia (passenger transport)
- Avianca (passenger transport)
- American Airlines (passenger transport)
- Cielos Airlines (air freight)
- Copa Airlines (passenger transport)
- EasyFly (passenger transport)
- Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (air freight)
- South Winds (air freight)
- Avianca Cargo (air freight)
- Insel Air (passenger transport)
Incidents
- On April 26, 1989, a Sud Aviation Caravelle 11R of Aerosucre (HK-3325X) crashed . The machine crashed into an inhabited area shortly after taking off in Barranquilla , Colombia . All five occupants (three crew, two passengers) and two people were killed on the ground. The cause was the poorly secured cargo slipping during take-off, which shifted the aircraft's center of gravity to such an extent that it stalled (see also the Aerosucre accident at Barranquilla 1989 ) .
See also
Web links
- Airport website (Spanish)
- Aeronautical chart for Barranquilla Airport on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AIP COLOMBIA AD 2 - SKBQ. (PDF; 10.39 MB) In: aerocivil.gov.co. Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia - “Aeronautica Civil” October 13, 2016, archived from the original on April 5, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ Datos Generales . Accessed April 3, 2017 (Spanish)