Lieutenant Colonel Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base
Airport in Melgar, Colombia
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SKME
Location of the airport in Colombia
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
05/23 | 1,154 | 3,785 | Asphalt |
04/22 | 402 | 1,320 | Concrete |
Source: DAFIF[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]
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,[4] and is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.[5]
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).[1]
See also
- Transport in Colombia
- List of airports in Colombia
References
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- Comando de Guardacostas
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- Ct. German Molano Air Base
- Ct. Luis Gomez Air Base
- Maj. Alberto Pauwels Rodríguez Air Base
- Lt Col. Luis Pinto Air Base
- BG Arturo Lema Posada Air Base
- Ct.Ernesto Esguerra Air Base
- BG. Camilo Daza Álvarez Air Base
- My.Justino Marino Air Base
- Cl. Luis Rodriguez Air Base
- Lt Col. Benjamín Méndez Rey Air Base
- Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base (EMAVI)
- Ranks & Insignias
- Gran Colombia-Peru War
- Supremes War
- Gran Colombia-Ecuador Conflict
- Colombia-Peru War
- La Violencia Era
- Korean War
- Colombian internal conflict
- Military ranks of the Colombian Armed Forces
- Ministry of National Defense
- National Police of Colombia
- DAS