BAQ

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

ICAO SKBQ10.8896°N 74.7808°W30 m / 98 ftLarge airport
On the map

Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (IATA: BAQ, ICAO: SKBQ) is a large airport in Barranquilla, Atlántico Department, Colombia. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 3.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1959–1959
1959
OpenedErnesto Cortissoz International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz
05/23040° / 220° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.6M
1.9M
2.2M
2.4M
2.9M
2.9M
2.6M
2.6M
2.8M
1.0M
2.2M
3.0M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

18 destinations · 6 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miVUP · Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport · 175 km / 109 miRCH · Almirante Padilla Airport · 214 km / 133 miMTR · Los Garzones Airport · 257 km / 160 miHAY · Hacaritama Airport · 322 km / 200 miCUC · Camilo Daza International Airport · 413 km / 257 miBGA · Palonegro Airport · 454 km / 282 miEOH · Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport · 527 km / 327 miMDE · Jose Maria Córdova International Airport · 530 km / 329 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 543 km / 337 miAUA · Queen Beatrix International Airport · 549 km / 341 miBLB · Panamá Pacífico International Airport · 572 km / 355 miCUR · Hato International Airport · 650 km / 404 miBOG · El Dorado International Airport · 692 km / 430 miADZ · Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport · 778 km / 483 miCLO · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · 836 km / 519 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,756 km / 1,091 miFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,780 km / 1,106 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 7,639 km / 4,747 miMADFLLCLOADZBOGCURBLBMDEBGARCHHAYMTRVUPAUACUCBAQ
Year-round18
VUPAlfonso López Pumarejo AirportColombia · Clic Air175 km109 miRCHAlmirante Padilla AirportColombia · SATENA214 km133 miMTRLos Garzones AirportColombia · Clic Air257 km160 miHAYHacaritama AirportColombia · SATENA322 km200 miCUCCamilo Daza International AirportColombia · SATENA413 km257 miBGAPalonegro AirportColombia · Wingo454 km282 miEOHEnrique Olaya Herrera AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA527 km327 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca +1530 km329 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines543 km337 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Wingo549 km341 miBLBPanamá Pacífico International AirportPanama · Wingo572 km355 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · Z Air650 km404 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca +1692 km430 miADZGustavo Rojas Pinilla International AirportColombia · Wingo, LATAM Airlines Colombia778 km483 miCLOAlfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportColombia · Avianca836 km519 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Avianca, American Airlines1,756 km1,091 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Avianca1,780 km1,106 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Europa7,639 km4,747 mi
Most destinationsWingo 6Avianca 5SATENA 4Clic Air 3LATAM Airlines Colombia 3JetSmart 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BAQ. From the Wikipedia article “Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport” (revision of 15 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.0M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#462of 3,974 · #29 South America · #6 COLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =56 South America · =4 COElevation30 m98 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,902of 43,341 · =8,123 South America · #587 COAgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =73 South America · =4 CORunways11 · 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

5 channels
APPBARRANQUILLA APP119.100
ATISATIS113.700
GNDGND121.900
RDOBARRANQUILLA RDO348.800
TWRTWR118.100