Olaya Herrera Airport

Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera
Characteristics
ICAO code	SKMD
IATA code	EOH
Coordinates	6 ° 13 '14 " N , 75 ° 35' 26" W Coordinates: 6 ° 13 '14 " N , 75 ° 35' 26" W.
Height above MSL	1500 m (4921 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km south of Medellín
Street	50
Basic data
Passengers	2,370,000 (2008)
Flight ; movements	?
Start-and runway
02/20	2350 m × 38 m asphalt

The Olaya Herrera Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera , IATA code : EOH , ICAO code : SKMD ) is the City -airport the second largest Colombian city of Medellin . It only serves national destinations, while international destinations can also be reached from Rionegro Airport in Rionegro , which is about 50 km away .

The airport was named after the Colombian president Enrique Olaya Herrera (term 1930 - 1934 named and is the only airport in the) list of National Monuments of Colombia listed.

Airlines and Destinations

Avianca Express ( Bucaramanga , Montería , Quibdó )
EasyFly ( Apartadó , Armenia , Bucaramanga , Cúcuta , Corozal , Ibagué , Montería , Manizales , Pereira , Quibdó , Villavicencio )
Satena (largest domestic network with 36 destinations) ( Bogotá , Apartadó , Nuquí and Bahía Solano in the Departamento del Chocó )

Charter services

Heliandes (helicopter)
Searca Colombia (charter line)

Incidents

On November 30, 1996 a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of ACES Colombia ( aircraft registration HK-2602 ) collided after taking off from Medellin-Olaya Herrera airport while climbing eight kilometers west of it with the Padre Amaya mountain, just below of the 2180 meter high summit. Of the 15 occupants, 14 were killed, both pilots and 12 of the 13 passengers.

Web links

Official Website (Spanish)

Aeronautical chart for Olaya Herrera Airport on SkyVector.com

Individual evidence

↑ flight plan data
↑ AIP COLOMBIA AD 2 - SKMD. (PDF; 8.59 MB) In: aerocivil.gov.co. Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia - “Aeronautica Civil” July 21, 2016, archived from the original on April 5, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Spanish).
↑ Rutas Satena . satena.com. Accessed April 3, 2017 (Spanish)
^ Accident report DHC-6 HK-2602 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.

[Flugplandaten-1] t plan data

[aip-2] AIP COLOMBIA AD 2 - SKMD. (PDF; 8.59 MB) In: aerocivil.gov.co. Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia - “Aeronautica Civil” July 21, 2016, archived from the original on April 5, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Spanish).

[3] Rutas Satena . satena.com. Accessed April 3, 2017 (Spanish)

[4] Accident report DHC-6 HK-2602 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.