Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base
Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) Base Aérea Capitán Luis F. Gómez Niño (Base Aérea de Apiay) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Colombian Aerospace Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Apiay / Villavicencio, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Built | 1933 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1933-Present | ||||||||||
| Commander | Brigadier General Alejandro Vélez Ospina | ||||||||||
| Occupants | Combat Air Command No. 2 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,211 ft / 369 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 04°04′34″N 073°33′46″W / 4.07611°N 73.56278°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.cacom2.mil.co | ||||||||||
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Source: DAFIF, Aeronáutica Civil | |||||||||||
Captain Luis Francisco Gómez Niño Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Capitán Luis Francisco Gómez Niño (IATA: API, ICAO: SKAP), also known as Apiay Air Base (Base Aérea de Apiay), is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 2 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 2 or CACOM 2). It also hosts members of the Colombian Army and Colombian Navy. The base is located in Apiay, near the city of Villavicencio, in the Department of Meta in central Colombia, by the steps of the Andes mountain range and the plains of the Colombian Llanos.
The base also hosts members of the United States Military under a cooperation program under Plan Colombia intended to help the Colombian military with the eradication of illegal drug trade and the illegally armed groups in the Colombian armed conflict.
Apiay has served as base for operations such as Plan Patriota which included operations such as Operation JM.