Matecaña International Airport

Matecaña International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña
IATA: PEI – ICAO: SKPE PEI Location of airport in Colombia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Aerocivil
Location	Pereira, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	4,416 ft / 1,346 m
Coordinates	04°48′45″N 75°44′22″W / 4.81250°N 75.73944°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,020 6,627 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 19,048 Passengers 646,152 Cargo tonnage 1,957

Matecaña International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Matecaña) (IATA: PEI, ICAO: SKPE) is an airport located in the city of Pereira, Colombia. It connects the Risaralda department of Colombia. It also serves the cities of Armenia, Cartago, and Manizales in emergency situations.

The airport was built in 1945, and the runway was expanded to its current length between 1966 and 1968. It has one cargo ramp built in 1978. The terminal consists of a departures and an arrivals level, with two jetways attached to it. The city of Pereira owns and manages the terminal building, while the operations are in charge of Aerocivil. On average, there are 25 daily commercial operations.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
ADA	Medellín-Olaya Herrera	D
Aexpa	Cali, Condoto, Quibdó	D
Avianca	Bogotá, Cartagena	D
Avianca	New York-JFK^1	I
Copa Airlines Colombia	Panama City	I
Easyfly	Medellín-Olaya Herrera	D
LAN Colombia	Bogotá	D
Viva Colombia	Bogotá, Cartagena, Santa Marta	D

• ¹: Avianca's flight from Pereira to New York-JFK makes a stop in Cartagena.

External links

• Airport information for SKPE at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.