Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

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Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz
IATA: BAQ – ICAO: SKBQ
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		Aeropuertos del Caribe S.A.
Serves		Barranquilla, Colombia
Elevation AMSL		101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates		10°53′22″N 074°46′50″W / 10.88944, -74.78056
Website		www.BAQ.aero
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
05/23	3,000	9,842	Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz) (IATA: BAQ, ICAO: 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 one of the few airports in Colombia capable of accepting widebodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, and Airbus A340 along with Bogotá (BOG), Cali (CLO), Cartagena (CTG), Medellín (MDE) and San Andrés (ADZ).

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.

Contents 1 Airlines 1.1 Passenger Airlines 1.2 Cargo Airlines 2 Incidents 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Passenger Airlines

• Aerolínea de Antioquia (Corozal, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Valledupar)
• AeroRepública (Bogotá, San Andrés Island)
• AIRES (Cartagena, Maracaibo, Medellín-Olaya Herrera, Montería, Panama City, Oranjestad, Valledupar, Willemstad)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Avianca (Bogotá, Medellín-José María Córdova, Miami, New York-JFK [restarts June 19], Pereira)
  • Avianca operated by SAM (Bogotá, Cali)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Searca (Charter Airline)

[edit] Cargo Airlines

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for SKBQ at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for BAQ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

[edit] External links

• Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz, official web site
• Hybrid map and satellite image
• Current weather for SKBQ at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for BAQ at Aviation Safety Network

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