Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport
Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | San José del Guaviare, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 613 ft / 187 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 2°34′45″N 72°38′22″W / 2.57917°N 72.63944°W | ||||||||||
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  SJE Location of the airport in Colombia | |||||||||||
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Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres) (IATA: SJE, ICAO: SKSJ) is an airport serving San José del Guaviare, the capital of the Guaviare Department of Colombia. The runway is just north of the town and parallels the Guaviare River.
Runway 01 has an additional 450 metres (1,480 ft) of grass overrun on the north end. The San Jose Del Guaviare VOR-DME (Ident: SJE) is located 2.9 nautical miles (5.4 km) south of the airport. The San Jose Del Guaviare non-directional beacon (Ident: SJE) is located on the field.[3][4]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| SATENA | Bogotá, Leticia |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 9 March 2019, Douglas DC-3 HK-2494 of LASER Aéro Colombia crashed en route to La Vanguardia Airport, in Villavicencio, killing all 14 occupants.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Airport information for SJE at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
- ^ "San Jose Del Guaviare VOR-DME (SJE) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
- ^ "SKSJ - Jorge E. Gonzalez T. Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
- ^ "Fourteen killed in Colombia plane crash: civil aviation agency". Reuters. Mar 10, 2019. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
