Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport

Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres
IATA: SJE ICAO: SKSJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	San José del Guaviare, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	613 ft / 187 m
Coordinates	2°34′45″N 72°38′22″W
Map
SJE Location of the airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres) (IATA: SJE, ICAO: SKSJ) is an airport serving San José del Guaviare, the capital of the Guaviare Department of Colombia. The runway is just north of the town and parallels the Guaviare River.

Runway 01 has an additional 450 metres (1,480 ft) of grass overrun on the north end. The San Jose Del Guaviare VOR-DME (Ident: SJE) is located 2.9 nautical miles (5.4 km) south of the airport. The San Jose Del Guaviare non-directional beacon (Ident: SJE) is located on the field.^[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
SATENA	Bogotá, Leticia

Accidents and incidents

• On 9 March 2019, Douglas DC-3 HK-2494 of LASER Aéro Colombia crashed en route to La Vanguardia Airport, in Villavicencio, killing all 14 occupants.^[5]

See also

• Transport in Colombia
• List of airports in Colombia

References

1. Airport information for SJE at Great Circle Mapper.
2. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
3. "San Jose Del Guaviare VOR-DME (SJE) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
4. "SKSJ - Jorge E. Gonzalez T. Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
5. "Fourteen killed in Colombia plane crash: civil aviation agency". Reuters. Mar 10, 2019. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019 – via www.reuters.com.

External links

• OpenStreetMap - San José
• OurAirports - San José
• FallingRain - San José Airport
• Accident history for SJE at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for SKSJ at NOAA/NWS