# Yariguíes Airport (EJA / SKEJ)

**Yariguíes Airport** (IATA: EJA, ICAO: SKEJ) is a medium airport in Barrancabermeja, Santander Department, Colombia. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,905 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Colombian Civil Aviation Authority. In 2022 it handled 114 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/skej

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EJA / SKEJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Colombian Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Barrancabermeja, Santander Department, Colombia
- Opened: 1957 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 126 m / 412 ft
- Coordinates: 7.0243, -73.8068
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,905 ft
- Passengers: 114,395 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Website: http://aerooriente.com.co/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarigu%C3%ADes_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233094
- Weather station: SKEJ · WMO 80091
- Ident: SKEJ

## Timeline

- 1957: Yariguíes Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 202,898 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 203,844 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 212,693 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 223,983 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 183,546 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 183,546 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 129,313 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 126,265 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 145,488 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 44,036 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 58,411 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 114,395 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 261 km / 162 mi · Clic Air, Avianca

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from EJA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- AV [Avianca](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca) · 1
- VE [Clic Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/clic-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 114K (2022) | #1,759 of 3,974 | #165 in South America | #30 in CO |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | =4,890 of 29,858 | =396 in South America | =34 in CO |
| Elevation | 126 m / 412 ft | =28,805 of 43,403 | =6,559 in South America | =464 in CO |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =67 in South America | #3 in CO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =15 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BUCARAMANGA APP | 119.000 |
| RDO | BARRANCABERMEJA RDO | 348.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [SK-386](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-386.md) La Ponderosa Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [SK-385](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-385.md) La Cascajera Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [SK-379](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-379.md) Campo Capote Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [SK-390](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-390.md) Puerto Wlches Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [SK-388](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-388.md) Los Gemelos Dorados Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [SK-383](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-383.md) El Porvenir Airport · 41 km / 25 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Yariguíes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yariguíes_Airport&oldid=1363088349), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/skej/data