Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport
Encyclopedia
Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport is an airport in Florencia
, Colombia
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Florencia, Caquetá
Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history....
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On 2 April 1976, Douglas DC-3Douglas DC-3The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made...
FAC-676 of SATENASATENASATENA is an Colombian military airline based in Fontibón, Bogotá, Colombia. It operates regional, domestic and international routes...
crashed on approach. The aircraft was on a flight from Tres de Mayo AirportTres de Mayo AirportTres de Mayo Airport is an airport in Puerto Asís, Colombia.- Airlines and destinations :...
, Puerto AsísPuerto AsísPuerto Asís is a Colombian municipality in the department of the Putumayo. It is located on the west bank of the Putumayo river, downstream from the mouth of the Guamúez River, 75 km by road to the south of Mocoa...
. Five of the 16 people on board were killed. - On 20 April 1993, Douglas C-47A CP-1622 of Trans Aéreos Cochabamba was damaged beyond repair in an accident at the airport. The port engine failed and both crew were killed in the accident.