Lieutenant Colonel Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base
Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra) (ICAO: SKME) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 4 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 4 or CACOM 4). It is in Melgar, a municipality in the Department of Tolima in Colombia,[4] and is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.[5]
Facilities
The base is at an elevation of 1,028 feet (313 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23, with an asphalt surface 3,785 by 92 feet (1,154 m × 28 m); and 04/22 with a concrete surface 1,320 by 65 feet (402 m × 20 m).[1]
See also
References
- 12Airport information for SKME from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑"Airport information for SKME"– via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑Google Maps - Melgar
- ↑(in Spanish)CACOM 4 - Melgar (Tolima) - Comando Aéreo de Combate No.4Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑(in Spanish)Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra
Categories:
- Colombian Air Force bases
- Buildings and structures in Tolima Department