Germán Olano Airport (, ) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

serving

Puerto Carreño Puerto Carreño (), translation is the departmental capital city, and a municipality combined of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia located on the Orinoco River. Puerto Carreño is best-known as a tourist gateway to hundreds ...

, the capital of

Vichada Department Vichada Department (, ) is a department of the Republic of Colombia in South America. Vichada is located in the eastern plains of Colombia, in the Orinoquía Region within the Orinoco river basin bordering the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuel ...

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. It is also known as Puerto Carreño Airport (''Aeropuerto Puerto Carreño''). The airport is west of and parallels the

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

, locally Colombia's border with

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. The Puerto Carreno

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(Ident: PCR) and

VOR-DME In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its Bearing (navigation), bearing to or from the beacon, while the D ...

(Ident: PTC) are located on the field.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Accidents and incidents

On December 20, 2016, Aerosucre Flight 157 crashed while taking off from the airport after failing to become airborne. It was reported that 5 aboard the Boeing 727-200 died, and 1 crew member survived with injuries.

References

External links

Puerto Carreño Airport
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