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Rafael Nunez Airport
Airport Directory » Colombia » Cartagena » Rafael Nunez AirportRafael Núñez International Airport (IATA: CTG, ICAO: SKCG) is an airport turn up in the town of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the 2nd biggest airport on the Caribbean seashore of Colombia, and the biggest in the district in terms of rider motility. It is localised in the heart of Crespo a vicinity in Cartagena, and is administered by Sociedad Aeropotuaria de lah Costa S.A.
History
At the finish of 1919, two enterprisers, Don Nemesio dee lah Espriella and Don Guillermo Echavarría, constituted talks to import a French aircraft brought forth by air power constructing company Farman, but the aircraft get to Cartagena un-assembled and in boxes.
They continued right off to construct a palm tree depot in the area of Bocagrande, which in those solar days, was a simple peninsula covered by mangroves, pictures and a few places. The depot had a 30 m broad opening which is able to be used by seaplanes towards the embayment and by aircraft with wheels towards district. This was the terminus a quo for the creative activity, in 1920, of the Compañía Colombiana de Navagación Area.
The 1st airport was opened in 1920 in an area in Bocagrande which belonged to the Compañía Colombiana de Navagación Area. On January 26, 1928, the open up of transatlantic voyages, Charles Lindbergh, district in this ad-libbed airport commanding his vas named Spirit of Saint Louis.
In 1930, a new airport was kick off on the island of Manzanillo, by the corporation SCADTA—Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aereo. Later in the yr 1939 SCADTA modified its societal name to AVIANCA—Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia.
In 1947, the airline LANSA was made, and opened its business office in Crespo. It constructed 2 landing track, a independent 1 1600 metres long and another 1 for crosswinds 930 metres long. At that minute then Cartagena has 2 airports, until in the 1950s LANSA sold its installations to AVIANCA, which closed its functioning in Manzanillo and travel to Crespo.
A few yr after AVIANCA sold its airport installations to the Empresa Colombiana de Aerodromos (ECA), and the functionary entity Departamento Administrativo Aeronautica Civil (DAAC) took over the presidential term of the airport. In 1986 Crespo Airport took the name of "Rafael Núñez" to mark 1 century of the Colombian Constitution, pen and signed by this illustrious Cartagenero who busy the presidential term of Colombia 3 clips, and who also composed the words to the national hymn.
In 1996 the authority privatised the airport administratively and through a public tender it went Sociedad Aeroporuaria de lah Costa S.A. (SACSA), conformed by this Spanish-Colombian corporation which oversees it at this minute.
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