Araracuara Airport

Araracuara Airport (IATA: ACR, ICAO: SKAC) is an airport serving Araracuara, in the Caquetá Department of Colombia. Araracuara was the site of a former penal colony for Colombia's worst and most dangerous criminals.[4]

Araracuara Airport
Summary
ServesAraracuara, Colombia
Elevation AMSL1,246 ft / 380 m
Coordinates0°36′03″S 72°23′53″W
Map
ACR
Location of airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,280 4,199 Gravel
Source: GCM[1] HERE Maps[2] Aeronáutica Civil[3]

The town and airport are on the north bank of the Caquetá River, an eventual tributary of the Amazon River.

The Araracuara non-directional beacon (Ident: ARA) is located just south of the airport.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
SATENA Florencia, La Chorrera, Leticia

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. Airport information for ACR at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Araracuara Airport". HERE Maps. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "AIP Colombia - AD 1.3 INDICE DE AERODROMOS Y HELIPUERTOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). Aeronáutica Civil. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. "Araracuara prison". The Culture Trip. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "Araracuara NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. "Small passenger plane crashes in Colombian jungle, killing 10". BNO News. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.



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