Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (IATA: ADZ, ICAO: SKSP) (formerly Sesquicentenario Airport) is the main airport in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, one of the departments of Colombia. It is able to receive large aircraft and to accommodate seasonal and charter flights.

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
IATA: ADZ ICAO: SKSP WMO: 80001[1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Aerocivil
Location	San Andrés, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	12°35′00″N 81°42′40″W
Map
ADZ Show map of Isla de San Andrés (Colombia) ADZ Show map of San Andrés y Providencia ADZ Show map of Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,375 7,792 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers movement 2.115.377 Cargo movement 6.822 T Air operations 14.993
Source: GCM[2]

History

The air terminal was renamed in honor of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975), former president of Colombia, who ordered the airport built in the mid-1950s in order to link the Caribbean island with the continental territory of Colombia. The original name of the airport was Sesquicentenario Airport.^[3]

Description

The airport is the sixth busiest airport in Colombia in terms of passengers, with 2,431,766 in 2019. Most of these passengers come from the continental part of the country, due to poor international direct service to the island. Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla or Panama City) to be able to reach the islands, although Copa Airlines maintains flights to Panama City. Aircraft up to the size of the Airbus A340-200 can land at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Avianca	Bogotá, Medellín–JMC Seasonal: Cali[4]
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen
JetSmart Colombia	Cali (begins July 1, 2025),[5] Medellín–JMC[6]
LATAM Colombia	Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, Medellín–JMC
SATENA	Providencia
Sunwing Airlines	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[7]
Wingo	Barranquilla, Cartagena

Check in and ticketing hall at San Andres Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ)

One of the boarding gate areas at ADZ San Andres airport

Accidents and incidents

• On August 16, 2010, AIRES Flight 8250, crashed when on approach to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport. Two of the 129 passengers and crew on board died.
• On September 19, 2013, American Airlines flight 1204 from San Jose, Costa Rica, made an emergency landing at the San Andres Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit. All 179 passengers were said to be safe and continued to Miami, their final destination, on a second plane. The aircraft involved in the incident was a Boeing 757.^[8][9]

See also

• Transport in Colombia
• List of airports in Colombia