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Alfredo Vasquez Cobo International Airport LET / SKLT

Leticia, Amazonas · Colombia · Aerocivil (Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil)
333kpax · 2019
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATASKLT / LET
OperatorAerocivil (Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil)
Coordinates4.1911°S, 69.9420°W
Elevation277 ft · 84 m
Time zoneCOT (UTC-5, no DST)
Passengers / yr333,050 (2019)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded
AIP referenceSKLT — AIP Colombia / Aerocivil
Operating hoursDaylight operations only, no confirmed H24 tower; scheduled Avianca/LATAM/Satena jet and turboprop service by published timetable; shares runway with Colonel Herbert Boy Air Base (Colombian Air Force Comando Aereo de Combate No. 6); international arrivals coordinated with customs/immigration staffing, PPR advisable for non-scheduled/GA international flights given remote tri-border location.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (remodeled, reopened February 2020) with three departure lounges handling both domestic and international traffic; cargo apron/warehouse operations resumed 2020; two FBOs (Total Aviation Services, Caribbean Support and Flight Services) support GA and fuel.
Runways (1)
  • 03/21 · 1,880 m / 6,168 ft · 40 m wide · Asphalt
Leticia is the principal air gateway to Colombia's Amazonas Department and the tri-border region with Brazil and Peru, served by Avianca and LATAM Colombia trunk routes from Bogota plus Satena's subsidized regional network to smaller Amazon strips (La Chorrera, La Pedrera, Tarapaca, San Jose del Guaviare); given the total absence of road access to the rest of Colombia, the airport functions as essential lifeline infrastructure rather than discretionary transport.

Services

Available On request / PPR Seasonal / ageing Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling Available · 3 providers
Avianca
Self-handled, Avianca; the carrier is the airport's dominant scheduled carrier on the daily Bogota-Leticia rotation (confirmed A319/A320 service, es.wikipedia.org airport article) and operates its own passenger/ramp turnaround. The terminal has a dedicated new Avianca passenger lounge built in the 2015-2020 expansion (confirmed by es.wikipedia.org airport article, which specifically names a new lounge constructed for Avianca, distinct from the shared LATAM/SATENA hall); no independent third-party handler was found at LET, so self-handling is the working assumption -- unconfirmed by a named handling contract.
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
LATAM Colombia
Operates a scheduled Bogota (El Dorado)-Leticia route using A319/A320 aircraft, confirmed via es.wikipedia.org's airport article (not independently verified against latamairlines.com's live schedule -- correcting the draft's citation). No independent ground-handling agent was identified at LET; handling is either self-performed or covered under an interline arrangement with Avianca, but which was not confirmed in available sources.
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Unconfirmed
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SATENA
Self-handled, SATENA (Colombia's state-owned regional carrier); Leticia functions as SATENA's Amazon-region base with onward Beech 1900D flights to La Chorrera, La Pedrera and Tarapaca (confirmed, es.wikipedia.org airport article). Correction: SATENA does not have its own dedicated lounge -- it shares a passenger hall with LATAM; the terminal's one newly-built dedicated lounge from the 2015-2020 expansion was constructed for Avianca. As the state carrier serving these remote routes, SATENA operates its own ramp and passenger handling here.
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Aircraft fuel Available
Organización Terpel S.A.
Jet A-1 into-plane and bulk aviation-fuel supply. Terpel operates a dedicated fuel storage/supply plant at Leticia, part of a network of 31 Terpel supply plants nationwide (terpel.com), which it expanded in March 2024 with five new horizontal tanks -- a $4,200 million COP investment (terpel.com, larepublica.co, naturgas.com.co). Correction: that expansion raised total plant capacity by 45% and gasolina-corriente (road-fuel) capacity specifically by 70%, driven mainly by growing regional vehicle-fuel demand, not an aviation-specific build-out -- the earlier draft overstated it as a Jet A-1 project. The same plant does also supply fuel to the aviation industry per Terpel's own release, and Leticia was independently named among the airports where Terpel announced a Jet A-1 supply suspension during Colombia's nationwide Aug 25 2024 shortage (infobae.com), which is the stronger evidence corroborating Terpel as the field's aviation-fuel supplier.
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Available
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De-icing Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance Not listed
Component shops & overhaul Not listed
Flight catering Not listed
Aircraft cleaning Not listed
Ground support equipment Not listed
Cargo handling Available · 2 providers
Air ServiAmazonas Cargo S.A.S.
Air-cargo/freight operator physically based at the airport (Bodega No. 2, Aeropuerto Vasquez Cobo), confirmed via serviamazonas.com. Runs scheduled cargo flights Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays and daily Leticia-San Andres commercial shipments of perishables, groceries, dairy, electronics, textiles, motorcycles and general/regulated merchandise; over 30 years serving the Amazon region.
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Available
Verified 5 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aerosur Colombia
Air-cargo operator with warehouse space (Bodegas •••) at Vasquez Cobo airport, confirmed via aerosurcolombia.com. Handles perishables, live animals, dry cargo, frozen goods, documents and appliances on the Bogota-Leticia-Bogota route (Tue/Thu/Sat) plus other Amazon-region destinations (Puerto Carreno, Puerto Leguizamo, Mitu, Inirida), and offers customs-transit coordination and local ground delivery for larger shipments.
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Available
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Aviation security Available
Policía Nacional de Colombia
Dedicated Policia Nacional administrative facilities were built into the airport's new terminal as part of the 2015-2020 expansion, alongside the DIAN customs offices, confirmed via multiple independent reports (revistaequipar.com, eltiempo.com, aerolatinnews.com, mintransporte.gov.co), providing airport policing and law-enforcement presence at this tri-border-region international airport (Colombia/Brazil/Peru).
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Available
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Passenger & crew transport Not listed
Flight support Available
Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
Aerocivil, which administers LET directly (not a private concession, confirmed via es.wikipedia.org), operates the airport's control tower -- 8 floors, 33.25 m height, 1,877 sqm (corrected from an earlier, unsupported 1,005 sqm figure; confirmed via mab.com.co and notieje.com reporting on the Vasquez Cobo modernization, part of Aerocivil's >$187,000 million COP investment per mintransporte.gov.co) -- and provides AIS/met flight-planning briefing services as Colombia's state ANSP, standard state-run flight-ops support available to all operators using the field.
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Available
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Hotel & travel Not listed