Los Pozos Airport

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Los Pozos Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves San Gil, Colombia
Elevation  AMSL 5,498 ft / 1,676 m
Coordinates 6°35′25″N73°07′45″W / 6.59028°N 73.12917°W / 6.59028; -73.12917
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SKSG
Location of the airport in Colombia
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Direction LengthSurface
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17/351,3604,462Asphalt
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Los Pozos Airport( ICAO : SKSG) is an airport serving the city of San Gil in the Santander Department of Colombia.

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The airport sits on a plateau in the eastern Colombian Andes, 1,800 feet (550 m) above San Gil, which lies in a steep cut through the plateau on the banks of the Fonce River.

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