Alcides Fernández Airport is a commercial airport on the

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coast serving to town of Acandí in the Choco Department of

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. The airport is considered by residents of the town of Acandí to be an important link between that community and the rest of Colombia as well as neighboring

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

. The airport was closed for some time during the early 2000s, as tourism to Acandí suffered a downturn. Acandí's mayor paid $30,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately US$12,500) to enlarge the airport's runway and build better terminal facilities. The Colombian government paid a total of $1,500,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately US$630,500) to aide in the renovation of the airport as part of

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. In 2003, Colombian transportation minister Andres Uriel Gallego and Colombia's Civil Aeronautics minister Juan Carlos Velez re-opened the airport to public flights after renovation was completed. Prior to its closing, the airport was served by

Aerolínea de Antioquia ADA S.A., operating as Aerolínea de Antioquia (ADA), was a regional airline headquartered at the Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia. It started operations in 1987. It ceased all operations on March 29, 2019. At its peak, the airline o ...

and

West Caribbean Airways West Caribbean Airways S.A. (abbreviated as ''WCA'') was a commercial airline founded in December 1998 with its headquarters at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia after moving there from San Andres Island in 2001. It began operating in ...

both of which flew 19 seat passenger aircraft to the airport.

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OpenStreetMap - Acandí
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Colombia–Panama border crossings Buildings and structures in Chocó Department {{Colombia-airport-stub

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