| Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base | |
| Iata: | PAL |
| Icao: | SKPQ |
| Type: | Military: Air Force Base |
| Operator: | Colombian Aerospace Force |
| Location: | Palanquero / Puerto Salgar, Colombia |
| Built: | August 27, 1933 |
| Used: | 1933 - Present |
| Commander: | Brigadier General Guillermo León León |
| Occupants: | Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 173 |
| Elevation-F: | 566 |
| Coordinates: | 5.4836°N -74.6572°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
| Pushpin Label: | PAL |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Colombia |
| Website: | www.cacom1.mil.co |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 18/36 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,044 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,987 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: WAD[1] GCM Google Maps[2] |
Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base (Spanish; Castilian: Base Aérea Capitán Germán Olano Moreno) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 1 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 or CACOM 1). The base is located in Palanquero, near Puerto Salgar, in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia.[3] It is named in honor of Captain Germán Olano Moreno.[4]
The air base resides at an elevation of 566feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 9987feetx164feetft (xft).
Officially inaugurated August 27, 1933 by the president of the republic Enrique Olaya Herrera, as the national airport of La Dorada.[5]
In 1932, due to the conflict with Peru, the idea to create a base in a central strategic location was gaining hold. Back then the Hacienda Palanquero was already in use as an airport by the Colombian-German airline Scadta since 1919.[6]