Rafael Núñez International Airport

Rafael Núñez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Rafael Núñez
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSACSA
ServesCartagena, Colombia
Hub forAvianca
Elevation AMSL7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates10°26′33″N 75°30′47″W / 10.44250°N 75.51306°W / 10.44250; -75.51306
Websiteaeropuertocartagena.com.co
Map
CTG
Location of airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger Movement5.463.873
Cargo Movement7.073 T
Sources: GCM Google Maps

Rafael Núñez International Airport (IATA: CTG, ICAO: SKCG) is an international airport serving the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the largest airport in the country's northern Caribbean region in terms of passenger movement. It is located between the Caribbean coast and the Ciénaga de la Virgen marsh, in the center of Crespo, a neighborhood in northern Cartagena. It is named after Cartagena native Rafael Núñez, the former Colombian president who wrote the verses to the National Anthem of Colombia.

Airlines including Air Panama, Air Transat, American Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, EasyFly, JetBlue, LATAM Colombia, LATAM Perú, Spirit Airlines, and Wingo have or had international flights from this airport to various cities in North, Central and South America. KLM and Edelweiss Air have flights to Amsterdam and Zurich by way of Bogotá (the airlines do not own rights to transport passengers solely between Cartagena and Bogota).