The Heriberto Gil Martínez Airport is an airport serving the municipality of
Tulua in the
Valle del Cauca 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 ...
.
The airport was formerly Farfan Airport, named after an unverified pre-Hispanic tribe. On 20 August 2004, it was renamed after
Heriberto Gil Martínez
Heriberto Gil Martinez (24 November 1903 – May 21, 1933) was a Colombian soldier.
Biography
Martinez was born to Ramon Nonato Gil and Isabel Martínez de Gil.
Personal life
They were married in 1927 with Ms. Leonor González Gómez, in Fra ...
, one of the first aviators in Colombia, who along with
Camilo Daza
Camilo Daza Álvarez (June 25, 1898 – March 18, 1975) was a Colombian aviator. He was born in Pamplona, Colombia. In 1919, he became the first Colombian to pilot an airplane, and is considered to be the founder of Colombian aviation. He held ...
founded the FAC.
It has no commercial air services. Currently the airstrip is used by the
Marco Fidel Suárez Military Aviation School (EMAVI) de
Santiago de Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...
. Although the airport is central in one of the great intermountain valleys of Colombia, its short runway has hindered interest in establishing scheduled air service.
The Tulua
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 to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...
(Ident: ULQ) is located on the field.
Tulua VOR
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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
This is a list of airports in Colombia, grouped by type and sorted by location.
__TOC__ Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
Notes
* The served town of Chía is located in ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - TuluaSkyVector - Tulua
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Farfan Heriberto
Buildings and structures in Valle del Cauca Department