- Alcides Fernández Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Alcides Fernández Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Alcides Fernández
nativename-a = Acandí Airport
nativename-r = Aeropuerto de Acandí
IATA = ACD
ICAO = SKAD
type = Public
owner = Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia
operator = Aerocivil
city-served =
location =Acandí ,Colombia
elevation-f = 50
elevation-m = 15
coordinates = coord|08|31|N|077|18|W|type:airport
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number =
r1-length-m = 1,189
r1-length-f = 3,900
r1-surface =
footnotes = Source:DAFIF GCM|SKAD|source=DAFIF ]Alcides Fernández Airport Airport codes|ACD|SKAD is a commercial airport on the Caribbean coast of
Colombia serving to town of Acandí. The airport is considered by residents of the town ofAcandí to be an important link between that community and the rest of Colombia as well as neighboringPanama .The airport was closed for some time during the early 2000s, as tourism to Acandí suffered a downturn. Acandí's mayor paid $30,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately $12,500 USD) to enlarge the airport's runway and build better terminal facilities. The Colombian government paid a total of $1,500,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately $63,500 USD) to aide in the renovation of the airport as part of
Plan Colombia . In 2003, Colombian transportation ministerAndres Uriel Gallego and Colombia's Civil Aeronautics ministerJuan Carlos Velez re-opened the airport to public flights after renovation was completed.Prior to its closing, the airport was served by
Aerolínea de Antioquia andWest Caribbean Airways , both of which flew 19 seat passenger aircraft to the airport. Currently, onlyAerolínea de Antioquia has resumed service toMedellín , as West ceased operations.Airlines and destinations
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Aerolínea de Antioquia (Medellín)References
External links
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