# Lieutenant Colonel Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base, Melgar, Colombia

**Lieutenant Colonel Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base** is a small airport in Melgar, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,154 m (3,785 ft). It is operated by Colombian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Colombian Air Force
- Serves: Melgar, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
- Elevation: 313 m / 1,028 ft
- Coordinates: 4.2164, -74.6350
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,154 m / 3,785 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel_Luis_F._Pinto_Parra_Air_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6544396
- Weather station: SKGI
- Ident: SKME

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05R/23L | 1,154 m / 3,785 ft | 28 m / 92 ft | Asphalt | 041° / 221° |  |
| 05L/23R | 402 m / 1,320 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Concrete | 040° / 220° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,154 m / 3,785 ft | =11,337 of 29,858 | #1,918 in South America | #87 in CO |
| Elevation | 313 m / 1,028 ft | =17,221 of 43,403 | =3,977 in South America | =166 in CO |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =1 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [SKTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skti.md) Tolemaida Air Base · 3.6 km / 2.2 mi
- [GIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skgi.md) Santiago Vila Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [SK-398](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-398.md) Aerosport Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [SK-413](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-413.md) El Recuerdo Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [SK-411](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-411.md) El Espinal Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [SK-400](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sk-400.md) Agua Blanca Airport · 29 km / 18 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)
- [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/skme/data