El Troncal Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Arauquita, Colombia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 512 ft / 156 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 7°01′16″N71°23′20″W / 7.02111°N 71.38889°W Coordinates: 7°01′16″N71°23′20″W / 7.02111°N 71.38889°W | ||||||||||
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El Troncal Airport( IATA : ARQ, ICAO : SKAT) is an airport serving the river town of Arauquita in the Arauca Department of Colombia.
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Arauquita is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia.
The runway is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Arauquita, adjacent to the Arauca River. East departures will cross the river into Venezuela.
The Arauca River rises in the Andes Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the Orinoco in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and Venezuela. The major city on its banks is Arauca, Colombia and El Amparo, Venezuela.
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