San Luis Airport ( es, Aeropuerto San Luis) is a high-elevation airport serving
Ipiales
Ipiales is a city and Catholic bishopric in Nariño Department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around , with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called "Tuquerres e Ipiales," t ...
, a city in the
Nariño Department of
Colombia. The airport is north of the city. Google Earth 2015 imagery shows a second runway, 08/26, under construction.
The Ipiales
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 sla ...
(Ident: IPI) and San Luis
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 i ...
(Ident: SLI) are located on the field.
San Luis NDB
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Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
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Places
Africa
* Lake Tana, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River)
* Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River
* Tana River County, a county of Coast P ...
was reported to have been damaged beyond economic repair.
See also
*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 a ...
*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 - San LuisSkyVector - San Luis
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Airports in Colombia
Buildings and structures in Nariño Department
Binational airports
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