Santiago Vila Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Girardot

Girardot, Cundinamarca

Girardot is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is home to a number of recreational and vacational spots, mainly visited by people from Bogotá, as it is located at less than three hours drive from the city but enjoys a tropical climate .Girardot is the second...

, a town in the Cundinamarca Department

Cundinamarca Department

- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

 of Colombia

Colombia

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. It is located 3.1 kilometres (2 mi) from Girardot, in the town of Flandes

Flandes

Flandes is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 22,064 as of the 1993 census....

 in the Tolima Department.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 900 feet (274 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 01/19 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 5249 by 92 ft (1,599.9 by 28 ).

Accidents and incidents

On 12 December 1982, Douglas C-47A HK-2580 of Transportes Aéreas Latinamericas crashed at Santiago Vila Airport while on a training flight destined to land at Mariquita Airport

Mariquita Airport

Mariquita Airport is an airport serving Mariquita, a municipality of the Tolima Department in Colombia.- Facilities :The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 01/19 with an asphalt surface measuring ....

. One of the four people on board was killed.