Otú Airport

Otú Airport
Aeropuerto de Otú
IATA: OTUICAO: SKOT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Aerocivil
Serves Remedios, Colombia
Location Otú, Colombia
Elevation AMSL 628 m / 2,060 ft
Coordinates 07°00′43″N 074°42′57″W / 7.01194°N 74.71583°W / 7.01194; -74.71583Coordinates: 07°00′43″N 074°42′57″W / 7.01194°N 74.71583°W / 7.01194; -74.71583
Map
OTU

Location of the airport in Colombia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16L/34R 946 3,104 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passenger movements 34,872
Cargo movement (T) 421
Aircraft operations 2,880
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Otú Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Otú) (IATA: OTU, ICAO: SKOT) is an airport located in the village of Otú and serving the town of Remedios, a municipality of the Antioquia Department in Colombia. It is also known as Alberto Jaramillo Sanchez Airport.

Currently only Aerolínea de Antioquia operates from this airport, with two daily flights on Twin Otter aircraft to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín. Previously, the airline ACES flew between this airport and Medellin several times per day on aircraft including the Let L-410 Turbolet, Cessna 206 and Twin Otter. The airport's runway is also used as a small military base for the Air Force and National Police.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 2,060 feet (628 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,103 by 50 feet (946 m × 15 m).[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolínea de Antioquia Medellín-Olaya Herrera

References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for SKOT from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for OTU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

External links

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