Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base Base Aérea TC. Luis F. Pinto Parra | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Colombian Aerospace Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Melgar, Colombia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 313 m / 1,028 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°12′59″N 74°38′06″W / 4.21639°N 74.63500°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: DAFIF GCM Google Maps | |||||||||||||||
Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra) (ICAO: SKME) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 4 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 4 or CACOM 4). It is in Melgar, a municipality in the Department of Tolima in Colombia, and is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.
Facilities
The base is at an elevation of 1,028 feet (313 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23, with an asphalt surface 3,785 by 92 feet (1,154 m × 28 m); and 04/22 with a concrete surface 1,320 by 65 feet (402 m × 20 m).
See also
References
- ^ a b Airport information for SKME[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for SKME at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Melgar
- ^ (in Spanish) CACOM 4 - Melgar (Tolima) - Comando Aéreo de Combate No.4
- ^ (in Spanish) Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra
