Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz


IATA = BAQ
ICAO = SKBQ
type = Public / Military
owner =
operator = Aeropuertos del Caribe S.A.
city-served = Barranquilla, Colombia
location =
elevation-f = 101
elevation-m = 31
coordinates = coord|10|53|22|N|074|46|50|W|type:airport_region:CO
website = [http://www.baq.aero/ www.BAQ.aero]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 05/23
r1-length-f = 9,842
r1-length-m = 3,000
r1-surface = Concrete
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|SKBQ|source=DAFIF] GCM|BAQ|source=DAFIF]

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz) airport codes|BAQ|SKBQ is located in Barranquilla, Colombia and owes its name to one of the pioneers of Colombian aviation, Ernesto Cortissoz. The airport is located in the municipality of Soledad, about 7 km south of the city of Barranquilla. It is capable of accepting widebodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, and Airbus A340.

This airport works as the international HUB for AIRES, and as a focus city for Avianca.

It is the most important airport in terms of infraestructure in the northern part of the country and the first in term of cargo movements.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger airlines

International terminal

*AIRES (Maracaibo, Panama City, Oranjestad, Willemstad)
*Avianca (Miami, New York-JFK (seasonal))
*Copa Holdings
**AeroRepública (Panama City) [begins in 2009]
**Copa Airlines (Panama City)

Domestic terminal

*Aerolínea de Antioquia (Corozal, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Valledupar)
*AeroRepública (Bogotá, San Andrés Island)
*AIRES (Cartagena, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Montería, Valledupar)
*Avianca (Bogotá, Medellín-José María Córdova, Pereira)
**Avianca operated by SAM (Bogotá, Cali)
*Searca (Charter Airline)

Cargo airlines

*AeroSucre
*Cielos del Peru (Miami, Los Angeles, Lima)
*Tampa Cargo (Medellin, Miami)
*South Winds (Miami)

Incidents

*On March 17, 1995, An Intercontinental DC-9 was destroyed by fire while it was parked in the apron, no one was on the plane.
*On November 19, 2006, A DC-10 operated by Cielos Airlines overran the runway while landing in bad weather, All 6 crews were injured.
*On November 21, 2006, Avianca Flight 9522 was outbound from Bogotá also overran the runway. All 135 people survived.
*On August 23, 2008, Aires Flight 0051 was outbound from Curacao overran the runway because a problem with a landing gear. All 25 people survived.

References

External links

* [http://www.baq.aero/ Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz] , official web site
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