Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base
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Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base Base Aérea Capitán Germán Olano Moreno |
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| Airport type | Military: Air Force Base | ||||||||||
| Operator | Colombian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Palanquero / Puerto Salgar, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Built | August 27, 1933 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1933 - Present | ||||||||||
| Commander | Brigadier General Guillermo León León | ||||||||||
| Occupants | Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 173 m / 566 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 5°29′01″N 74°39′26″W / 5.48361°N 74.65722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.cacom1.mil.co | ||||||||||
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Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Capitán Germán Olano Moreno) (IATA: PAL, ICAO: SKPQ) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 1 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1 or CACOM 1). The base is located in Palanquero, near Puerto Salgar, in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. It is named in honor of Captain Germán Olano Moreno.
The air base resides at an elevation of 566 feet (173 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 9,987 by 164 feet (3,044 m × 50 m).
Officially inaugurated August 27, 1933 by the president of the republic Enrique Olaya Herrera, as the nacional airport of La Dorada.
In 1932, due to the conflict with Peru, the idea to create a base in a central strategic location was gaining hold. Back then the Hacienda Palanquero was already in use as an airport by the Colombian-German airline Scadta since 1919.
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