Hotels near Yariguíes Airport (EJA)Yariguíes Airport
- A medium-sized airport with scheduled flights
- About 70 km from the centre of Giron
- The nearest of Giron’s hotels is 72 km away
- Local time UTC-5
Hotels near Yariguíes Airport (EJA)
EJA
Yariguíes Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Yariguíes, IATA: EJA, ICAO: SKEJ) is an airport serving Barrancabermeja, a city in the Santander Department of Colombia. The airport is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the city.
The airport was renovated in 2013 at a cost of $13 million pesos. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos visited the airport to inaugurate the completed renovations.
== Airlines and destinations ==
== Climate ==
Yariguíes Airport has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with heavy rainfall in all months except January.
== Accidents and incidents ==
On 21 May 1970, a Douglas DC-3 of Avianca was hijacked to Yariguíes Airport whilst on a flight from El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal to Alberto Lleras Camargo Airport, Sogamoso. The hijackers had demanded to be taken to Cuba.
== See also ==
Transport in Colombia
List of airports in Colombia
== References ==
== External links ==
Yariguíes Airport Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine at OurAirports
Aeronautical chart and airport information for Yariguíes Airport at SkyVector
Accident history for EJA at Aviation Safety Network
"Current weather for SKEJ". NOAA/NWS.
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Nearby hotels
The city’s hotels, nearest first to Yariguíes Airport (EJA). Distances are approximate, in a straight line from the hotel’s map position, not driving distances.
