EOH

Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport

ICAO SKMD6.2197°N 75.5906°W1,509 m / 4,949 ftMedium airport
On the map
Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera-Medellin
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Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (IATA: EOH, ICAO: SKMD) is a medium airport in Medellín, Antioquía Department, Colombia. It opened on 5 Jul 1932. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1932–1935
05 JUL 1932
OpenedEnrique Olaya Herrera Airport opens.
24 JUN 1935
DisasterMedellin plane crash of 1935.17 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20016° / 196° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH38 m125 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
943K
926K
967K
998K
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.2M
1.1M
494K
1.1M
1.3M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

25 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km100 mi200 mi300 miUIB · El Caraño Airport · 130 km / 81 miPEI · Matecaña International Airport · 157 km / 98 miCOG · Mandinga Airport · 175 km / 109 miAXM · El Eden Airport · 197 km / 122 miCAQ · Juan H White Airport · 199 km / 124 miIBE · Perales Airport · 206 km / 128 miAPO · Antonio Roldán Betancur Airport · 216 km / 134 miBOG · El Dorado International Airport · 232 km / 144 miSKSG · San Gil Airport · 275 km / 171 miRON · Juan Jose Rondon Airport · 279 km / 173 miBGA · Palonegro Airport · 284 km / 176 miMTR · Los Garzones Airport · 291 km / 181 miBUN · Gerardo Tobar López Airport · 309 km / 192 miCLO · Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · 310 km / 193 miACD · Alcides Fernández Airport · 314 km / 195 miVVC · Vanguardia Airport · 316 km / 196 miOCV · Aguas Claras Airport · 339 km / 211 miCZU · Las Brujas Airport · 348 km / 216 miMMP · San Bernardo Airport · 361 km / 224 miNVA · Benito Salas Airport · 365 km / 227 miTLU · Golfo de Morrosquillo Airport · 366 km / 227 miCUC · Camilo Daza International Airport · 389 km / 242 miBAQ · Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport · 527 km / 327 miVUP · Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport · 535 km / 332 miCTG · Rafael Nuñez International Airport · 470 km / 292 miVUPBAQCTGCUCTLUNVAMMPOCVVVCACDCLOBUNMTRBGARONSKSGBOGAPOIBECAQAXMCOGPEIUIBCZUEOH
Year-round24
UIBEl Caraño AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA130 km81 miPEIMatecaña International AirportColombia · Clic Air157 km98 miCOGMandinga AirportColombia · SATENA175 km109 miAXMEl Eden AirportColombia · Clic Air197 km122 miCAQJuan H White AirportColombia · SATENA199 km124 miIBEPerales AirportColombia · Clic Air206 km128 miAPOAntonio Roldán Betancur AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA216 km134 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA232 km144 miSan Gil AirportColombia · SATENA275 km171 miRONJuan Jose Rondon AirportColombia · SATENA279 km173 miBGAPalonegro AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA284 km176 miMTRLos Garzones AirportColombia · Clic Air291 km181 miBUNGerardo Tobar López AirportColombia · SATENA309 km192 miCLOAlfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportColombia · Clic Air310 km193 miACDAlcides Fernández AirportColombia · SATENA314 km195 miVVCVanguardia AirportColombia · Clic Air316 km196 miOCVAguas Claras AirportColombia · SATENA339 km211 miCZULas Brujas AirportColombia · Clic Air348 km216 miMMPSan Bernardo AirportColombia · SATENA361 km224 miNVABenito Salas AirportColombia · Clic Air365 km227 miTLUGolfo de Morrosquillo AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA366 km227 miCUCCamilo Daza International AirportColombia · Clic Air389 km242 miBAQErnesto Cortissoz International AirportColombia · Clic Air, SATENA527 km327 miVUPAlfonso López Pumarejo AirportColombia · Clic Air535 km332 mi
Most destinationsClic Air 17SATENA 14

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.3M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#728of 3,974 · #59 South America · #12 COLongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =138 South America · =11 COElevation1,509 m4,949 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#2,096of 43,341 · #147 South America · #36 COAgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · =9 South America · #1 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

3 channels
APPMEDELLIN APP121.100
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.900