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Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra) (ICAO: SKME) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 4 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 4 or CACOM 4). It is in Melgar, a municipality in the Department of Tolima in Colombia,[4] and is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.[5]
Facilities
The base is at an elevation of 1,028 feet (313 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23, with an asphalt surface 3,785 by 92 feet (1,154 m × 28 m); and 04/22 with a concrete surface 1,320 by 65 feet (402 m × 20 m).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Airport information for SKME[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for SKME at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Melgar
- ^ (in Spanish) CACOM 4 - Melgar (Tolima) - Comando Aéreo de Combate No.4
- ^ (in Spanish) Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra
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