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Benito Salas Airport

Airport

NVA

Location of airport in Colombia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
02/20	1,865	6,119	Asphalt

Source: WAD^[1] GCM^[2]

Benito Salas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Benito Salas, 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).

The airport is in a rebuilding process that includes a new control tower and a new building with garages.^[3] It was formerly known as "La Manguita 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
Clic	Bogotá, Cali
LATAM Colombia	Bogotá^[4]

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 died.^[5]

References

^ "Airport information for SKNV". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
^ Airport information for NVA at Great Circle Mapper.
^ BNAmericas - Airport upgrades
^ "LATAM Airlines inicia venta de su nueva ruta entre Bogotá y Neiva". 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

External links

Benito Salas Airport at OurAirports
Aeronautical chart and airport information for Benito Salas Airport at SkyVector
Accident history for NVA at Aviation Safety Network