Palonegro International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Palonegro International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro


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IATA = BGA
ICAO = SKBG
type = Public
owner =
operator = Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia
city-served = Bucaramanga
location = Lebrija, Santander
elevation-f = 3,897
elevation-m = 1,188
coordinates = coord|07|07|35|N|073|11|05|W|type:airport
website =
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 7.381
r1-length-m = 2.260
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: World Aero Data [WAD|SKBG]

Palonegro International Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro) Airport codes|BGA|SKBG is located in the town of Lebrija, Santander, about 30 km west of Bucaramanga, Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international and domestic flights.

The airport was built over the mountains surrounding the Bucaramanga plateau. A mountain road connects the city with the airport, which is located at about 1.200 m above sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is located at 950 meters above sea level).

The airport bears the name of the nearby area, "Palonegro". This was the place of a famous battle of the Thousand Days War, which happened in the early 1900s.

Airlines

* Aerolínea de Antioquia (Cúcuta, Medellín-Olaya Herrera)
* AeroRepública (Bogotá, Panama City, San Andrés Island (seasonal))
* AIRES (Cúcuta, El Yopal, Medellín-Olaya Herrera,
* Avianca (Bogotá)
* operated by SAM (Bogotá)
* EasyFly (Cúcuta, Medellín-Olaya Herrera)
* SATENA (Arauca, Cúcuta, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Saravena)

The construction started in 1969 and ended in 1974. This airport was made to replace the old municipal airport named "Gómez Niño".The first airplane to land was a 727 from Avianca flown by Captain Alvaro Barrera Gómez.

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