Rafael Núñez International Airport is an international airport serving the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the largest airport in the country's northern Caribbean region in terms of passenger movement. It is located between the Caribbean coast and the Ciénaga de la Virgen marsh, in the center of Crespo, a neighborhood in northern Cartagena. It is named after Cartagena native Rafael Núñez (1825–1894), the former Colombian president who wrote the verses to the National Anthem of Colombia.
Airlines including Air Panama, Air Transat, American Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, EasyFly, JetBlue, LATAM Colombia, LATAM Perú and Wingo have or had international flights from this airport to various cities in North, Central and South America. KLM and Edelweiss Air have flights to Amsterdam and Zurich by way of Bogotá (the airlines do not own rights to transport passengers solely between Cartagena and Bogota).
Airlines and destinations Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport.
Cargo AirlinesDestinationsAerCaribeBogotá
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Statistics
+ Busiest international routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015) Rank City Passengers % Change Airlines 1 Panama City, Panama 140,388 1.70% Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia 2 Fort Lauderdale, USA 140,266 37.64% JetBlue, Spirit Airlines 3 New York–Kennedy, USA 91,554 93.01% Avianca, JetBlue 4 Miami, United States 71,116 8.81% American Airlines, Avianca
+ Busiest domestic routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015) Rank City Passengers % Change Airlines 1 Bogota 2,390,508 12.58% Avianca, Copa Airlines Colombia, LATAM Colombia, Viva Colombia 2 Medellin, Antioquia 614,520 8.98% Aerolínea de Antioquia, Avianca, LATAM, Viva Colombia 3 Cali, Valle del Cauca 172,113 37.56% Avianca, Viva Colombia 4 San Andrés 101,587 55.02% Copa Airlines Colombia, Viva Colombia 5 Pereira, Risaralda 93,842 6.64% Avianca, Viva Colombia 6 Bucaramanga, Santander 27,646 11.56% EasyFly, Viva Colombia.
Capacity and structure
The airport is connected with 3 bays accessible from the runway, the aircraft taxi down the runway 1000 meters to stop turning over 300 meters and take-off position. The track is 60 meters wide and 2,600 m long at 0 meters above sea level provides sufficient capacity for modern transatlantic aircraft operations without problems. The airport has the capacity to house 11 aircraft and open skies for charter operations. Currently, OINAC S.A. has a 10 years contract to administer and expand the airport since March 1st 2024
See also Transport in Colombia List of airports in Colombia
Accidents and incidents On January 11, 1995, Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 crashed on approach to the airport due to instrument failures and pilot errors leading to a CFIT.
References
External links
Cartagena Airport at OurAirports
Accident history for CTG at Aviation Safety Network