Heriberto Gíl Martínez Airport

The Heriberto Gil Martínez Airport (IATA: ULQ, ICAO: SKUL) is an airport serving the municipality of Tulua in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia.

Heriberto Gil Martínez Airport Farfan Airport
IATA: ULQ ICAO: SKUL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School EMAVI
Serves	Tuluá, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	3,132 ft / 955 m
Coordinates	4°05′40″N 76°13′26″W / 4.09444°N 76.22389°W / 4.09444; -76.22389
Map
ULQ Location of the airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Sources: GCM^[1] WAD^[2] Google Maps^[3]

The airport was formerly Farfan Airport, named after an unverified pre-Hispanic tribe. On 20 August 2004, it was renamed after Heriberto Gil Martínez, one of the first aviators in Colombia, who along with Camilo Daza founded the FAC.

It has no commercial air services. Currently^[when?] the airstrip is used by the Marco Fidel Suárez Military Aviation School (EMAVI) de Santiago de Cali. Although the airport is central in one of the great intermountain valleys of Colombia, its short runway has hindered interest in establishing scheduled air service.

The Tulua VOR-DME (Ident: ULQ) is located on the field.^[4]

See also

•   Colombia portal
•   Aviation portal
• Transport in Colombia
• List of airports in Colombia

References

1. Airport information for ULQ at Great Circle Mapper.
2. World Aero Data
3. Google Maps - Farfan
4. Tulua VOR

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Tulua
• OurAirports - Tulua
• SkyVector - Tulua
• FallingRain - Tulua Airport
• Accident history for ULQ at Aviation Safety Network