Puerto Bolívar Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Puerto Bolívar) is a private airport in the Guajira 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 closest city is

Uribia Uribia is town and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern Zone of the Cerrejón coal mines are located in this municipality. The municipality also con ...

. It is located next to the Cerrejón

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

terminal and only serves the workers of the area. Only private sector aircraft and Colombia's Aerocivil land at Puerto Bolivar. No commercial airlines serve the airport and it is mostly empty. The Puerto Bolivar

non-directional beacon A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are ...

(Ident: PBL) is located off the approach end of Runway 09. The Portete

(Ident: PTE) is located off the approach end of Runway 27.PTE NDB
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OpenStreetMap - Puerto BolívarSkyVector - Puerto Bolívar
* Airports in Colombia Buildings and structures in La Guajira Department {{Colombia-airport-stub

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