Benito Salas Airport

Benito Salas Airport Aeropuerto Benito Salas
IATA: NVA – ICAO: SKNV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Neiva, Huila, Colombia
Location	Neiva-Colombia
Elevation AMSL	1,464 ft / 446 m
Coordinates	02°57′00″N 75°17′38″W / 2.95000°N 75.29389°WCoordinates: 02°57′00″N 75°17′38″W / 2.95000°N 75.29389°W
Map
NVA Location of airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 1,792 5,880 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Benito Salas Airport (IATA: NVA, ICAO: SKNV) is an airport that serves the city of Neiva, the capital of the Huila Department in Colombia. It was named after Benito Salas Vargas, a military and social leader during Colombia's (then known as New Granada) independence war (1810–1819). Actually is in a rebuilding process, that includes a new control tower, and a new building with garages. Former known as "La Maguita airport" because it is placed in an old ranch with that name, even today people call it "La Manguita".

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Avianca	Bogotá
EasyFly	Bogotá

Accidents and incidents

• On 8 January 1975, Douglas DC-3 FAC-688 of SATENA crashed shortly after take-off on a flight to Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport, Florencia. All 30 people on board were killed.^[3]

References

1. Airport information for SKNV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. Airport information for NVA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

External links

• Airport information for SKNV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Airport information
• Accident history for NVA at Aviation Safety Network