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Eduardo Falla Solano Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

14/32
  
1,500

4,921
  
Asphalt

Elevation AMSL
  
883 ft / 269 m

1,500
  
4,921

Code
  
SVI

Eduardo Falla Solano Airport

Serves
  
San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia

Address
  
San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, Colombia

Owner
  
Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics

Eduardo Falla Solano Airport (IATA: SVI, ICAO: SKSV) in Spanish: Aeropuerto Eduardo Falla Solano is a domestic airport serving the municipality of San Vicente del Caguán in the Caquetá Department of Colombia.

The runway is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the airport. The San Vicente Del Caguan VOR-DME (Ident: SVC) and non-directional beacon (Ident: SVC) are located on the field.

Accidents and incidents

On 17 October 1971, Douglas C-47A HK-595 of Aerolíneas TAO crashed on take-off, killing all 19 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight although it was only certified to carry freight and three crew. It was also overloaded by 311 kilograms (686 lb).

References

Eduardo Falla Solano Airport Wikipedia