| Orocue Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Orocué, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 434 ft / 132 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°47′24″N71°20′55″W / 4.79000°N 71.34861°W | ||||||||||
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  ORC Location of airport in Colombia | |||||||||||
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Orocue Airport( IATA : ORC, ICAO : SKOE) is an airport serving Orocué, a town and municipality in the Casanare Department of Colombia. The runway is adjacent to the western edge of the town, north of the Meta River.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.
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The Carimauga non-directional beacon (Ident: CRG) is 13.3 nautical miles (24.6 km; 15.3 mi) south of the airport. [3]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
