Otú Airport () is an airport located in the village of
Otú and serving the town of
Remedios, a municipality of the
Antioquia Department
Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part o ...
in
Colombia
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. It is also known as Alberto Jaramillo Sanchez Airport.
Currently only
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 ...
operates from this airport, with two daily flights on
Twin Otter aircraft to
Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport
Olaya Herrera Airport () is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, that serves regional and domestic flights. Additionally, the airport is used by general aviation and features several hangars for charters.
It was formerly known as ''Medel ...
in
Medellín
Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...
. Previously, the airline
ACES
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flew between this airport and Medellin several times per day on aircraft including the
Let L-410 Turbolet
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It was developed as the ''L ...
,
Cessna 206
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and Twin Otter. The airport's runway is also used as a small military base for the Air Force and National Police.
The Otu
VOR-DME
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(Ident: OTU) is located on the field.
OTU VOR
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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 ...
*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
*
SkyVector - OtúOpenStreetMap - OtúGoogle Maps - Otú
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Airports in Colombia
Buildings and structures in Antioquia Department