The airport is in a rebuilding process that includes a new control tower and a new building with garages.[3] It was formerly known as "La Manguita airport" because it is placed in an old ranch with that name; even today people call it "La Manguita".
benito, salas, airport, spanish, aeropuerto, benito, salas, iata, icao, sknv, airport, that, serves, city, neiva, capital, huila, department, colombia, named, after, benito, salas, vargas, military, social, leader, during, colombia, then, known, granada, indep. Benito Salas Airport Spanish Aeropuerto Benito Salas IATA NVA ICAO SKNV is an airport that serves the city of Neiva the capital of the Huila Department in Colombia It was named after Benito Salas Vargas a military and social leader during Colombia s then known as New Granada independence war 1810 1819 Benito Salas AirportAeropuerto Benito SalasIATA NVAICAO SKNVSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorGovernmentServesNeiva ColombiaElevation AMSL1 482 ft 452 mCoordinates2 57 00 N 75 17 39 W 2 95000 N 75 29417 W 2 95000 75 29417MapNVALocation of airport in ColombiaRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 02 20 1 865 6 119 AsphaltSource WAD 1 GCM 2 The airport is in a rebuilding process that includes a new control tower and a new building with garages 3 It was formerly known as La Manguita airport because it is placed in an old ranch with that name even today people call it La Manguita Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Accidents and incidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAirlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsAviancaBogotaClicBogota CaliLATAM ColombiaBogota 4 Accidents and incidents editOn 8 January 1975 Douglas DC 3 FAC 688 of SATENA crashed shortly after take off on a flight to Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport Florencia All 30 people on board died 5 See also editTransport in Colombia List of airports in ColombiaReferences edit Airport information for SKNV World Aero Data Archived from the original on 2019 03 05 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Data current as of October 2006 Airport information for NVA at Great Circle Mapper BNAmericas Airport upgrades LATAM Airlines inicia venta de su nueva ruta entre Bogota y Neiva 8 November 2021 Archived from the original on 9 November 2021 Retrieved 9 November 2021 Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 17 August 2010 External links editBenito Salas Airport at OurAirports Aeronautical chart and airport information for Benito Salas Airport at SkyVector Accident history for NVA at Aviation Safety Network Portals nbsp Colombia nbsp Aviation nbsp This Colombia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an airport in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benito Salas Airport amp oldid 1181601206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,