Rafael Núñez International Airport

Rafael Núñez International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Rafael Núñez
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSACSA
ServesCartagena, Colombia
Hub forAvianca
Elevation AMSL7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates10°26′33″N 75°30′47″W / 10.44250°N 75.51306°W / 10.44250; -75.51306
Websiteaeropuertocartagena.com.co
Map
CTG
Location of airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger Movement5.463.873
Cargo Movement7.073 T
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Rafael Núñez International Airport (IATA: CTG, ICAO: SKCG) is an international airport serving the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the largest airport in the country's northern Caribbean region in terms of passenger movement. It is located between the Caribbean coast and the Ciénaga de la Virgen marsh, in the center of Crespo, a neighborhood in northern Cartagena. It is named after Cartagena native Rafael Núñez, the former Colombian president who wrote the verses to the National Anthem of Colombia.

Airlines including Air Panama, Air Transat, American Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, EasyFly, JetBlue, LATAM Colombia, LATAM Perú, Spirit Airlines, and Wingo have or had international flights from this airport to various cities in North, Central and South America. KLM and Edelweiss Air have flights to Amsterdam and Zurich by way of Bogotá (the airlines do not own rights to transport passengers solely between Cartagena and Bogota).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport.

AirlinesDestinations
AeroméxicoMexico City[3]
Air CanadaSeasonal: Montréal–Trudeau (begins December 20, 2025),[4] Toronto–Pearson (resumes December 20, 2025)[4]
Air CenturySanto Domingo–La Isabela
Air TransatSeasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
American AirlinesMiami
ArajetPunta Cana, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
AviancaBogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Medellín–JMC, Pereira
Seasonal: Miami, New York–JFK, Santiago de Chile
Avianca Costa RicaSan José (CR)
ClicArmenia, Bucaramanga, Manizales
Copa AirlinesPanama City–Tocumen
Delta Air LinesAtlanta[5]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zurich1[6]
JetBlueNew York–JFK
JetSmart Colombia[7] Bogotá, Cali, Cúcuta, Medellín–JMC, Pereira
JetSmart PerúLima[8]
KLMAmsterdam2
LATAM ColombiaBogotá, Cali, Medellín–JMC, San Andrés Island
LATAM PerúLima
NeosSeasonal: Milan–Malpensa[9]
Plus Ultra Líneas AéreasMadrid
Seasonal charter: Warsaw
SATENAMompox
Spirit AirlinesFort Lauderdale, Orlando
WingoBogota, Cali, Medellín–JMC,[10] Panama City–Balboa, San Andrés Island

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas Bogotá

Note:

  • 1: Edelweiss Air's flight is from Bogotá to Zurich via Cartagena. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Bogotá and Cartagena.
  • 2: KLM's flight is from Bogotá to Amsterdam via Cartagena. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Bogotá and Cartagena.

Statistics

Busiest international routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015)[11]
Rank City Passengers % Change Airlines
1 Panama City, Panama 140,388 1,70% Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia
2 Fort Lauderdale, USA 140,266 37,64% JetBlue, Spirit Airlines
3 New York–Kennedy, USA 91,554 93,01% Avianca, JetBlue
4 Miami, United States 71,116 8,81% American Airlines, Avianca
Busiest domestic routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015)[11]
Rank City Passengers % Change Airlines
1 Bogota 2,390,508 12,58% Avianca, Copa Airlines Colombia, LATAM Colombia, Viva Colombia
2 Medellin, Antioquia 614,520 8,98% Aerolínea de Antioquia, Avianca, LATAM, Viva Colombia
3 Cali, Valle del Cauca 172,113 37,56% Avianca, Viva Colombia
4 San Andrés 101,587 55,02% Copa Airlines Colombia, Viva Colombia
5 Pereira, Risaralda 93,842 6,64% Avianca, Viva Colombia
6 Bucaramanga, Santander 27,646 11,56% EasyFly, Viva Colombia.

Capacity and structure

  • The airport is connected with 3 bays accessible from the runway, the aircraft taxi down the runway 1000 meters to stop turning over 300 meters and take-off position. The track is 60 meters wide and 2,600 m long at 0 meters above sea level provides sufficient capacity for modern transatlantic aircraft operations without problems.
  • The airport has the capacity to house 11 aircraft and open skies for charter operations.
  • Currently, SACSA S.A. has the contract to administer the airport

See also

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Rafael Núñez International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  3. ^ "Aeromexico announces new flight between Mexico City and Cartagena: New route in 2025". Transponder1200 (in Spanish). September 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Villamizar, Helwing (5 May 2025). "Air Canada Announces Major Winter Latin America Expansion". Airways. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Grupo LATAM y Delta anuncian nuevas rutas en conjunto, incluida Miami-Medellín y la primera operación del grupo LATAM a Atlanta". Aviation Club Center (in Spanish). June 16, 2023. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Edelweiss: von Zürich nach Kolumbien". skynews.ch (in German). 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ "JETSMART LAUNCHES DOMESTIC COLOMBIA SERVICE IN MARCH 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Jetsmart anuncia salida de tres nuevas rutas a Colombia". Aviation Club Center (in Spanish). 18 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Alpitour World, 100 milioni in più nel 2024" [Alpitour World [...]]. ttgitalia.com (in Italian). 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Wingo Adds Medellin – Cartagena Service From late-Oct 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  11. ^ a b "AeroCivil". 2014-10-07. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2021-12-15.

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