Gonzalo Mejía Airport is an airport southwest of the city of
Turbo
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, in the
Antioquia Department
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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 ...
. The airport is on a small wooded peninsula running south from the city. As almost a quarter of its runway has been completely eroded by the sea, there are currently no fixed-wing operations at the airport.
The Turbo
non-directional beacon
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(Ident: TUR) is located just east of the field.
TUR NDB
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See also
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*Transport in Colombia
Transport in Colombia is regulated by the Ministry of Transport.
Road travel is the main means of transport; 69 percent of cargo is transported by road, as compared with 27 percent by railroad, 3 percent by internal waterways, and 1 percent by ai ...
* List of airports in Colombia
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Gonzalo Mejía
Airports in Colombia
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