# Jose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE / SKRG)

**Jose Maria Córdova International Airport** (IATA: MDE, ICAO: SKRG) is a large airport in Medellín, Antioquía Department, Colombia. It opened in 1985. It has one runway, 3,440 m (11,286 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 13.2 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MDE / SKRG
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Medellín, Antioquía Department, Colombia
- Opened: 1985
- Elevation: 2,120 m / 6,955 ft
- Coordinates: 6.1645, -75.4231
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,440 m / 11,286 ft
- Passengers: 13,214,155 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Website: https://www.aeropuertorionegro.co/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_C%C3%B3rdova_International_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535161
- Weather station: SKRG · WMO 80112
- Ident: SKRG

## Timeline

- 1985: Jose Maria Córdova International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,440 m / 11,286 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 360° / 180° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 3,714,907 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,077,540 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 6,557,185 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,535,443 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 7,684,593 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 7,684,593 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,619,740 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,036,411 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,205,009 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,085,635 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,916,655 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 13,214,155 | Wikidata |

## Routes

44 destinations in 19 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (41)

- [PEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpe.md) Matecaña International Airport · Colombia · 154 km / 96 mi · JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [AXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skar.md) El Eden Airport · Colombia · 194 km / 121 mi · Avianca
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 215 km / 134 mi · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [BGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbg.md) Palonegro Airport · Colombia · 269 km / 167 mi · Wingo, Avianca
- [MTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skmr.md) Los Garzones Airport · Colombia · 299 km / 186 mi · JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [CLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcl.md) Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport · Colombia · 310 km / 193 mi · JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [CUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcc.md) Camilo Daza International Airport · Colombia · 376 km / 234 mi · JetSmart, Avianca
- [CTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcg.md) Rafael Nuñez International Airport · Colombia · 476 km / 296 mi · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca
- [BAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbq.md) Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport · Colombia · 530 km / 329 mi · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [BLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpho.md) Panamá Pacífico International Airport · Panama · 553 km / 344 mi · Wingo
- [SMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sksm.md) Simón Bolívar International Airport · Colombia · 566 km / 352 mi · Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca
- [PSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skps.md) Antonio Nariño Airport · Colombia · 569 km / 354 mi · Avianca
- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Ecuador · 771 km / 479 mi · Avianca Ecuador
- [AUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tnca.md) Queen Beatrix International Airport · Aruba · 921 km / 572 mi · Wingo
- [VLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svva.md) Arturo Michelena International Airport · Venezuela · 936 km / 582 mi · Turpial Airlines
- [CUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tncc.md) Hato International Airport · Curaçao · 975 km / 606 mi · Wingo, Z Air
- [ADZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sksp.md) Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport · Colombia · 992 km / 616 mi · JetSmart, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia
- [BON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tncb.md) Flamingo International Airport · Caribbean Netherlands · 1,028 km / 639 mi · Z Air
- [GYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segu.md) José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport · Ecuador · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Avianca Ecuador
- [CCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmi.md) Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport · Venezuela · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Wingo, Avior Airlines
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 1,057 km / 657 mi · Wingo
- [BLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svbc.md) General José Antonio Anzoategui International Airport · Venezuela · 1,260 km / 783 mi · Avior Airlines
- [MBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs.md) Sangster International Airport · Jamaica · 1,398 km / 869 mi · Wingo
- [SDQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdsd.md) Las Américas International Airport · Dominican Republic · 1,500 km / 932 mi · Arajet, Wingo
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 1,577 km / 980 mi · Arajet, Wingo, JetSmart, Avianca
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 1,705 km / 1,059 mi · JetBlue Airways, Avianca
- [GUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mggt.md) La Aurora International Airport · Guatemala · 1,897 km / 1,179 mi · Wingo
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 2,031 km / 1,262 mi · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 2,063 km / 1,282 mi · Wingo
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 2,243 km / 1,394 mi · Avianca, American Airlines
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 2,270 km / 1,411 mi · JetBlue Airways, Avianca
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 2,552 km / 1,586 mi · Frontier Airlines
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 2,952 km / 1,834 mi · Avianca, Aeroméxico
- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 2,962 km / 1,841 mi · Viva
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 3,370 km / 2,094 mi · United Airlines
- [GDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgl.md) Guadalajara International Airport · Mexico · 3,404 km / 2,115 mi · Volaris
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 3,837 km / 2,384 mi · Avianca
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 4,191 km / 2,604 mi · WestJet, Air Transat
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 4,426 km / 2,750 mi · JetSmart
- [EZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saez.md) Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · Argentina · 4,890 km / 3,039 mi · JetSmart, Avianca
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 8,031 km / 4,990 mi · Avianca, Air Europa

### Seasonal (3)

- [PMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmg.md) Del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport · Venezuela · 1,366 km / 849 mi · Wingo
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 2,552 km / 1,586 mi · Avianca
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 4,373 km / 2,717 mi · Air Transat

### Charter (1)

- [PAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpmg.md) Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport · Panama · 552 km / 343 mi · Air Panama

### Cargo (4)

- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Ecuador · 771 km / 479 mi · Avianca Cargo
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 1,057 km / 657 mi · Avianca Cargo
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 2,031 km / 1,262 mi · Avianca Cargo
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 2,243 km / 1,394 mi · Avianca Cargo, LATAM Cargo Brasil, Aero Union, FedEx Express, Amerijet International

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- VH [Viva Air Colombia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/viva-air-colombia)

### Passenger (22)

- AV [Avianca](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca) · 21
- P5 [Wingo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wingo) · 16
- JA [JetSmart](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart) · 12
- 4C [LATAM Airlines Colombia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-colombia) · 6
- TS [Air Transat](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transat) · 2
- DM [Arajet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arajet) · 2
- 2K [Avianca Ecuador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-ecuador) · 2
- 9V [Avior Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avior-airlines) · 2
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 2
- 7Z [Z Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/z-air) · 2
- AM [Aeroméxico](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeromexico) · 1
- UX [Air Europa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-europa) · 1
- 7P [Air Panama](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-panama) · 1 · charter
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1
- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 1
- [JetSmart Perú](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart-peru) · 1
- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1
- TU [Turpial Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turpial-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1
- VB [Viva](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/viva) · 1
- Y4 [Volaris](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volaris) · 1
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1

### Cargo (5)

- QT [Avianca Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-cargo) · 4
- [Aero Union](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-union) · 1
- M6 [Amerijet International](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amerijet-international) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1
- M3 [LATAM Cargo Brasil](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-cargo-brasil) · 1

Former hub of [ACES Colombia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aces-colombia), [West Caribbean Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-caribbean-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 13.2M (2022) | #169 of 3,974 | #9 in South America | #2 in CO |
| Longest runway | 3,440 m / 11,286 ft | =569 of 29,858 | #21 in South America | #2 in CO |
| Elevation | 2,120 m / 6,955 ft | =552 of 43,403 | #100 in South America | #15 in CO |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =132 in South America | #9 in CO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =15 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MEDELLIN APP | 121.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 115.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| INFO | MEDELLIN FIS | 127.200 |
| RDO | MEDELLIN RDO | 348.800 |
| RDO | MEDELLIN RDO | 891.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [EOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skmd.md) Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [PAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpq.md) German Olano Air Base · 114 km / 71 mi
- [MQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skqu.md) Mariquita Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [MZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skmz.md) La Nubia Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [UIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skui.md) El Caraño Airport · 145 km / 90 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #83

## 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: “José María Córdova International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=José_María_Córdova_International_Airport&oldid=1374303050), revision of 11 Sep 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/skrg/data