Palonegro Airport

ICAO SKBG7.1265°N 73.1848°W1,188 m / 3,897 ftMedium airport

Palonegro Airport (IATA: BGA, ICAO: SKBG) is a medium airport in Bucaramanga, Santander Department, Colombia. It opened in Aug 1974. It has one runway, 2,250 m (7,381 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Colombian Civil Aviation Authority. In 2022 it handled 2.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1974–1974

AUG 1974

OpenedPalonegro Airport opens.

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

17/35159° / 339° · LIT

LENGTH2,250 m7,381 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

1.3M

1.4M

1.5M

1.7M

1.8M

1.6M

1.9M

635K

1.3M

2.1M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

12 destinations · 3 countries

Year-round11

San Gil AirportColombia · SATENA61 km38 mi CUCCamilo Daza International AirportColombia · Clic Air116 km72 mi RVELos Colonizadores AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA148 km92 mi MDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Wingo, Avianca269 km167 mi AUCSantiago Perez AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA270 km168 mi EOHEnrique Olaya Herrera AirportColombia · Clic Air284 km176 mi BOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Wingo, Avianca, JetSmart Colombia290 km180 mi CTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Wingo, Avianca449 km279 mi BAQErnesto Cortissoz International AirportColombia · SATENA, Wingo454 km282 mi SMRSimón Bolívar International AirportColombia · Wingo459 km285 mi PTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines716 km445 mi

Seasonal2

CTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Clic Air449 km279 mi AUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Wingo691 km429 mi

Most destinationsWingo 6Clic Air 5SATENA 4Avianca 3JetSmart Colombia 1Copa Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BGA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Palonegro International Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers2.1M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#559of 3,974 · #43 South America · #9 CO Longest runway2,250 m7,381 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,189of 29,823 · #201 South America · #18 CO Elevation1,188 m3,897 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,712of 43,341 · #189 South America · #43 CO AgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,986of 15,079 · =101 South America · =7 CO Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =15 CO

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

A/GBUCARAMANGA RDO348.800

APPBUCARAMANGA APP119.000

RDOFIS126.700

TWRTWR118.300