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Palonegro International Airport
Palonegro International Airport is located in the town of Lebrija, Santander, about 30 km west of Bucaramanga, Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international and domestic flights.
The airport was built over the mountains surrounding the Bucaramanga plateau. A mountain road connects the city with the airport, which is located at about 1,200 meters above sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is located at 950 meters above sea level).
The airport bears the name of the nearby area, "Palonegro". This was the place of a famous battle of the Thousand Days War, which happened in the early 1900s.
Airlines
Aerolinea de Antioquia : Cucuta, Medellin-Olaya Herrera.
AeroRepublica : Bogota, Panama City, San Andres Island.
AIRES: Maracaibo (Venezuela),Barranquilla, Bogota, Cartagena, Cucuta, El Yopal, Medellin-Olaya Herrera, Fort Lauderdale (2008).
Avianca : Bogota
Avianca operated by SAM Colombia : Bogota
SATENA : Arauca, Cucuta, Medellin-Olaya Herrera, Saravena
The construction started in 1969 and ended in 1974. This airport was made to replace the old municipal airport named "Gomez Nino".The first airplane to land was a 727 from Avianca flown by Captain Alvaro Barrera Gomez.
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