# La Nubia Airport (MZL / SKMZ)

**La Nubia Airport** (IATA: MZL, ICAO: SKMZ) is a medium airport in Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,474 m (4,835 ft). In 2022 it handled 146 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MZL / SKMZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia
- Elevation: 2,094 m / 6,871 ft
- Coordinates: 5.0296, -75.4647
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,474 m / 4,835 ft
- Passengers: 145,949 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nubia_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936891
- Weather station: SKMZ · WMO 80149
- Ident: SKMZ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,474 m / 4,835 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Asphalt | 095° / 275° | yes |
| 09/27 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 220,385 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 217,582 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 190,831 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 202,143 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 237,862 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 237,862 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 239,620 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 223,053 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 232,129 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 74,408 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 124,982 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 145,949 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [EOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skmd.md) Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport · Colombia · 133 km / 83 mi · Clic Air
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 150 km / 93 mi · Clic Air
- [CTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcg.md) Rafael Nuñez International Airport · Colombia · 602 km / 374 mi · Clic Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VE [Clic Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/clic-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 146K (2022) | #1,672 of 3,974 | #153 in South America | #25 in CO |
| Longest runway | 1,474 m / 4,835 ft | #7,404 of 29,858 | #822 in South America | #61 in CO |
| Elevation | 2,094 m / 6,871 ft | #581 of 43,403 | #101 in South America | #16 in CO |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =1 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MEDELLIN APP | 121.100 |
| RDO | MANIZALES RDO | 348.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [PEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpe.md) Matecaña International Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [CRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skgo.md) Santa Ana Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [MQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skqu.md) Mariquita Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [AXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skar.md) El Eden Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [IBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skib.md) Perales Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [PAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpq.md) German Olano Air Base · 103 km / 64 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #87

## 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: “La Nubia Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Nubia_Airport&oldid=1363051393), 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/skmz/data