Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base
Airport in Cali, Colombia
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SKGB
Location of the airport in Colombia
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
06/24 | 1,900 | 6,233 | Asphalt |
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]
Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Marco Fidel Suárez) (ICAO: SKGB) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Military Aviation School (Escuela Militar de Aviación or EMAVI). The base is located in Cali (also known as Santiago de Cali), a city in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia.[4] It is named for Marco Fidel Suárez, a former president of Colombia.[5]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 3,165 feet (965 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,233 by 98 feet (1,900 m × 30 m).[1]
See also
- Transport in Colombia
- List of airports in Colombia
References
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- Ct. German Molano Air Base
- Ct. Luis Gomez Air Base
- Maj. Alberto Pauwels Rodríguez Air Base
- Lt Col. Luis Pinto Air Base
- BG Arturo Lema Posada Air Base
- Ct.Ernesto Esguerra Air Base
- BG. Camilo Daza Álvarez Air Base
- My.Justino Marino Air Base
- Cl. Luis Rodriguez Air Base
- Lt Col. Benjamín Méndez Rey Air Base
- Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base (EMAVI)
- Ranks & Insignias
- Gran Colombia-Peru War
- Supremes War
- Gran Colombia-Ecuador Conflict
- Colombia-Peru War
- La Violencia Era
- Korean War
- Colombian internal conflict
- Military ranks of the Colombian Armed Forces
- Ministry of National Defense
- National Police of Colombia
- DAS