# Benito Salas Airport (NVA / SKNV)

**Benito Salas Airport** (IATA: NVA, ICAO: SKNV) is a medium airport in Neiva, Huila Department, Colombia. It has one runway, 1,792 m (5,880 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 427 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NVA / SKNV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Neiva, Huila Department, Colombia
- Elevation: 446 m / 1,464 ft
- Coordinates: 2.9501, -75.2940
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,792 m / 5,880 ft
- Passengers: 426,861 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Website: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=950678
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Salas_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619873
- Weather station: SKNV · WMO 80315
- Ident: SKNV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,792 m / 5,880 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 290,010 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 308,665 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 327,506 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 312,214 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 324,216 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 324,216 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 298,934 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 273,620 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 306,212 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 91,680 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 173,229 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 426,861 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [SVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sksv.md) Eduardo Falla Solano Airport · Colombia · 106 km / 66 mi · SATENA
- [CLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcl.md) Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · Colombia · 138 km / 86 mi · Clic Air, SATENA
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 233 km / 145 mi · Clic Air, Avianca

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- VE [Clic Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/clic-air) · 2
- 9R [SATENA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/satena) · 2
- AV [Avianca](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 427K (2022) | #1,188 of 3,974 | #103 in South America | #17 in CO |
| Longest runway | 1,792 m / 5,880 ft | #4,986 of 29,858 | #419 in South America | #38 in CO |
| Elevation | 446 m / 1,464 ft | =12,343 of 43,403 | =2,634 in South America | #132 in CO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =15 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | NEIVA FIS | 127.100 |
| RDO | NEIVA RDO | 348.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [SVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sksv.md) Eduardo Falla Solano Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [CLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcl.md) Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · 138 km / 85 mi
- [PTX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpi.md) Pitalito Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Benito Salas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benito_Salas_Airport&oldid=1363018687), 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/sknv/data