Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Fabio Alberto León Bentley) is an airport serving
Mitú in the
Vaupés Department of
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It is next to the
Vaupés River and runs along the entire length of the city.
It has an asphalt runway sufficient for medium-sized passenger jets and military transport aircraft. The passenger terminal is small but functional, with one or two shops and a cafeteria. All visitors to Mitú must register with the police at the airport upon arrival and departure.
The Mitu
VOR-DME (Ident: MTU) and
non-directional beacon (Ident: MTU) are located on the field.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*On 17 February 1977,
Douglas C-47B FAC-1125 of SATENA was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident. All 28 people on board survived.
*On 5 May 2010, SATENA Flight 9634, an
Embraer ERJ-145 overran the runway. The aircraft crashed through the airport fence and then came to rest in a field, suffering substantial damage. None of the 37 passengers and 4 crew were injured or killed. The runway at the time of the accident was wet as it had recently rained in the area.
Plane overruns runway
at Mitú
See also
* Transport in Colombia
* List of airports in Colombia
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - MitúSkyVector - Mitú
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Airports in Colombia
Buildings and structures in Vaupés Department
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