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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Puerto Gaitán, Colombia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 510 ft / 155 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 4°18′10″N72°05′10″W / 4.30278°N 72.08611°W Coordinates: 4°18′10″N72°05′10″W / 4.30278°N 72.08611°W | ||||||||||
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Puerto Gaitán Airport( ICAO : SKPG) is an airport serving the river town of Puerto Gaitán in the Meta Department of Colombia.
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.
Puerto Gaitán is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.
Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio. The department has a monument placed in the very geographic centre of Colombia, at a place known as Alto de Menegua, a few kilometers from Puerto López.
The airport and town are 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the confluence of the Manacacias River into the Meta River.
The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America. The Meta originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes and flows through the Meta Department, Colombia as the confluence of the Humea, Guatiquía and Guayuriba rivers. It flows east-northeastward across the Llanos Orientales of Colombia following the direction of the Meta Fault. The Meta forms the northern boundary of Vichada Department, first with Casanare Department, then with Arauca Department, and finally with Venezuela, down to Puerto Carreño where it flows into the Orinoco.
Transport in Colombia is regulated by the Ministry of Transport.
Vichada Department is a department of the Republic of Colombia in South America. Vichada is located in the eastern plains of Colombia, in the Orinoquía Region within the Orinoco river basin bordering the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the north and east. To the north the department also borders with Arauca Department, to the northwest with Casanare Department, to the west with Meta Department, to the southwest narrowly bordering with Guaviare Department and to the south with Guainía Department. The department is the second largest in Colombia and scarcely populated in comparison to other departments.
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 495,200 inhabitants in 2016.1 The city is located at 4°08'N, 73°40'W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá (DC) by the Guatiquía River. It is the most important commercial center in the Llanos Orientales. It has a warm and humid climate, with average temperatures of 28 °C and 30 °C.2 It is affectionately called "Villavo" la bella.
Puerto Lleras is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.
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The Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Puerto Gaitán in Colombia. The church has actively engaged with international accusations of child molestation, receiving public acclaim for its bold stances and clearly defined arguments.
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Puerto Nare Airport is an airport serving the river town of Puerto Nare in the Antioquia Department of Colombia.
Morelía Airport is an airport serving the Morelía oil field and production facility 93 kilometres (58 mi) southeast of Puerto Gaitán in the Meta Department of Colombia.
Morela Airport is an airport serving the Magdalena River town of Puerto Berrío in the Antioquia Department of Colombia. The runway is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the town, along the west bank of the river.
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