Colonel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses Air Base | |
Icao: | SKUA |
Type: | Military |
Operator: | Colombian Aerospace Force |
Location: | Marandúa / Santa Rita, Colombia |
Metric-Elev: | y |
Elevation-M: | 87 |
Elevation-F: | 285 |
Coordinates: | 5.5244°N -68.6856°W |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Label: | SKUA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Colombia |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 07/25 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,067 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,780 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: WAD[1] GCM Google Maps[2] |
Colonel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses Air Base (Spanish; Castilian: Base Aérea Coronel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Eastern Air Group (Grupo Aéreo del Oriente or GAORI). The base is located in Marandúa, near Santa Rita, in the Vichada department of Colombia.[3] It is named in honor of Colonel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses.[4]
The air base resides at an elevation of 285feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 6780feetx145feetft (xft). There is also a closed grass runway designated 03/21 which measures 8110feetx100feetft (xft).