Benito Salas Airport | |
Nativename: | Aeropuerto Benito Salas |
Iata: | NVA |
Icao: | SKNV |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Label: | NVA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Colombia |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Neiva, Colombia |
Elevation-F: | 1482 |
Coordinates: | 2.95°N -75.2942°W |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 02/20 |
R1-Length-M: | 1865 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: WAD[1] GCM |
Benito Salas Airport (es|Aeropuerto Benito Salas,) 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.[2] 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".