Alcides Fernández Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Alcides Fernández Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Alcides Fernández
nativename-a = Acandí Airport
nativename-r = Aeropuerto de Acandí


IATA = ACD
ICAO = SKAD
type = Public
owner = Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia
operator = Aerocivil
city-served =
location = Acandí, Colombia
elevation-f = 50
elevation-m = 15
coordinates = coord|08|31|N|077|18|W|type:airport
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number =
r1-length-m = 1,189
r1-length-f = 3,900
r1-surface =
footnotes = Source: DAFIFGCM|SKAD|source=DAFIF]

Alcides Fernández Airport Airport codes|ACD|SKAD is a commercial airport on the Caribbean coast of Colombia serving to town of Acandí. The airport is considered by residents of the town of Acandí to be an important link between that community and the rest of Colombia as well as neighboring Panama.

The airport was closed for some time during the early 2000s, as tourism to Acandí suffered a downturn. Acandí's mayor paid $30,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately $12,500 USD) to enlarge the airport's runway and build better terminal facilities. The Colombian government paid a total of $1,500,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately $63,500 USD) to aide in the renovation of the airport as part of Plan Colombia. In 2003, Colombian transportation minister Andres Uriel Gallego and Colombia's Civil Aeronautics minister Juan Carlos Velez re-opened the airport to public flights after renovation was completed.

Prior to its closing, the airport was served by Aerolínea de Antioquia and West Caribbean Airways, both of which flew 19 seat passenger aircraft to the airport. Currently, only Aerolínea de Antioquia has resumed service to Medellín, as West ceased operations.

Airlines and destinations

* Aerolínea de Antioquia (Medellín)

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.presidencia.gov.co/cne/2003/octubre/09/02092003.htm www.presidencia.gov.co] ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.presidencia.gov.co%2Fcne%2F2003%2Foctubre%2F09%2F02092003.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en English translation] )