Germán Olano Airport Puerto Carreño Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Carreño,Colombia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 177 ft / 54 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 06°11′05″N67°29′35″W / 6.18472°N 67.49306°W /6.18472; -67.49306 | ||||||||||
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Germán Olano Airport (Spanish:Aeropuerto Germán Olano,IATA:PCR,ICAO:SKPC) is anairport servingPuerto Carreño, the capital ofVichada Department inColombia. It is also known asPuerto Carreño Airport (Aeropuerto Puerto Carreño). The airport is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of and parallels theOrinoco River, locally Colombia's border withVenezuela.
The Puerto Carrenonon-directional beacon (Ident:PCR) andVOR-DME (Ident:PTC) are located on the field.[4][5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| SATENA | Bogotá,Villavicencio[6] |
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| Aerosucre | Bogotá |
On December 20, 2016,Aerosucre Flight 157 crashed while taking off from the airport after failing to become airborne. It was reported that 5 aboard the Boeing 727-200 died, and 1 crew member survived with injuries.[7][8][9]
