Capurganá Airport is an airport serving the
Caribbean
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coastal town of
Capurganá
Capurganá is a town of the municipality of Acandí on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Urabá in the Colombian department of Chocó Department, Chocó, adjacent to the border between Colombia and Panama. Previously a base site for eco-touri ...
in the
Chocó Department
Chocó Department () is a department of the Pacific region of Colombia known for hosting the largest Afro-Colombian population in the nation, and a large population of Amerindian and mixed African-Amerindian Colombians. It is in the west of the ...
of
Colombia
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. No roads go to Capurganá, so boats and aircraft are the primary means in and out.
The runway is east of Colombia's border with
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 ...
, with high terrain off the southern end. North arrivals and departures are over the water.
Airlines and destinations
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 ...
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List of airports in Colombia
This is a list of airports in Colombia, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
Notes
* The served town of Chía is located in Cundin ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Capurganá
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Airports in Colombia
Colombia–Panama border crossings
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