Simón Bolívar International Airport (Colombia)
| Simón Bolívar International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar | |||||||||||
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| IATA: SMR – ICAO: SKSM | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aerocivil | ||||||||||
| Serves | Santa Marta, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 22 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°07′10″N 074°13′50″W / 11.11944°N 74.23056°WCoordinates: 11°07′10″N 074°13′50″W / 11.11944°N 74.23056°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Aerocivil[1] | |||||||||||
Simón Bolívar International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar)[1] (IATA: SMR[2], ICAO: SKSM) is an airport serving Santa Marta, the capital of the Magdalena department in Colombia.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 22 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 01/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,700 by 30 metres (5,577 ft × 98 ft).
Modernization
The Simon Bolivar airport modernization plan started in February 2015, which includes various infrastructure and that will make this an attractive airport terminal for both tourists and airlines coming forward.
In addition, the mayor of the city announced an investment plan aimed at modernization works.[3] The Aerocivil, meanwhile, is studying the extension of the runway to meet minimum length requirements of larger aircraft to 1.700 m × 30 m from 2.200 m × 40 m.[4]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Avianca | Bogotá, Medellín-Córdova |
| LAN Colombia | Bogotá |
| Viva Colombia | Bogotá, Medellín-Córdova |
| Venezolana | Caracas, Maracaibo (TBA) |
| Air Europa | Madrid (TBA) |
Incidents and accidents
- On 17 July 2007, AeroRepública flight 7330, an Embraer ERJ-190 aircraft, overshot the runway, went down an embankment, and ended up with the front end of the aircraft in the ocean.[5]
References
- 1 2 (Spanish) Aeródromos Internacionales. Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (UAEAC). Accessed 16 October 2009.
- ↑ Accident history for SMR at Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ www.elinformador.com.co. "Alcaldía Distrital invertirá $40 mil millones para aeropuerto de Santa Marta". Retrieved 4 de febrero de 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ BENJUMEA BRITO, PAOLA (11 de marzo de 2013). "En 2015, Santa Marta estrenará aeropuerto". El Tiempo. Retrieved 30 de enero de 2015. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "AeroRepública flight 7330". Aviation Safety Network. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
