Santiago Vila Airport

Airport in Flandes, Colombia
GIR is located in Colombia
GIR
GIR
Location of the airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,600 5,249 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passenger movements823
Cargo movement (T)28
Aircraft operations30,689
Sources: Aerocivil, WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

Santiago Vila Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Santiago Vila) (IATA: GIR, ICAO: SKGI) is an airport serving Girardot, a city in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia. The airport is 3.1 kilometres (2 mi) south of Girardot, across the Magdalena River by the town of Flandes in the Tolima Department.

The Girardot VOR-DME (Ident: GIR) is 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) southwest of the airport.[4]

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. One of the four people on board was killed.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for SKGI[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for GIR at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Google Maps - Girardot
  4. ^ Girardot VOR
  5. ^ "HK-2580 Accident report". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

External links

  • OpenStreetMap - Girardot
  • OurAirports - Girardot
  • SkyVector - Girardot
  • Accident history for GIR at Aviation Safety Network
  • Current weather for SKGI at NOAA/NWS