# Gustavo Vargas Airport (TME / SKTM)

**Gustavo Vargas Airport** (IATA: TME, ICAO: SKTM) is a medium airport in Tame, Arauca Department, Colombia. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Colombian Civil Aviation Authority. In 2022 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TME / SKTM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Colombian Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Tame, Arauca Department, Colombia
- Elevation: 320 m / 1,050 ft
- Coordinates: 6.4511, -71.7603
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
- Passengers: 11,020 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Bogota
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Vargas_Santos_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275106
- Weather station: SKTM
- Ident: SKTM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 059° / 239° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 4,694 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,109 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 7,302 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 9,671 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,772 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,390 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,177 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,381 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 6,850 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,885 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 8,316 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 11,020 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [RVE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sksa.md) Los Colonizadores Airport · Colombia · 57 km / 35 mi · SATENA
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 328 km / 204 mi · SATENA

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 9R [SATENA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/satena) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2022) | #2,647 of 3,974 | #271 in South America | #55 in CO |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | =3,972 of 29,858 | =304 in South America | #25 in CO |
| Elevation | 320 m / 1,050 ft | =16,869 of 43,403 | =3,895 in South America | =160 in CO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =15 in CO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 348.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [PZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skpz.md) Paz de Ariporo Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [STD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svso.md) Mayor Buenaventura Vivas International Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [AUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skuc.md) Santiago Perez Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [GDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svgd.md) Guasdualito Airport · 139 km / 87 mi
- [EYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skyp.md) El Alcaravan - Yopal Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Vargas_Santos_Airport&oldid=1363048749), 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/sktm/data