Jose Maria Cordova International Airport MDE / SKRG

Avianca operates MDE as a secondary hub (confirmed via Wikipedia hub list) with high-frequency service; "Hangares de Avianca" documented adjacent to the terminal/customs area is consistent with in-house ramp and line operations, but a dedicated self-handling confirmation document was not located.

Major Jet A-1 fuel supplier operating across ~31 airports in Colombia including José María Córdova (MDE/SKRG); corporate PBX ••• independently confirmed on terpel.com; airport has hydrant/pit fueling at boarding bridges plus tanker trucks (300-6,500 gal capacity). Local press (El Colombiano) named Terpel as one of the two primary MDE fuel providers during an August 2026 national fuel-supply disruption. · 24 hours

Named alongside Terpel as one of two Jet A-1 providers at José María Córdova in a single El Colombiano article on critical fuel-inventory levels following the August 2026 Ecopetrol Cartagena refinery outage; no independent corroboration, contact details, or into-plane-agent confirmation was located, so treated as unconfirmed rather than a verified station.

"Hangares de Avianca" documented adjacent to the MDE terminal/customs area per Spanish Wikipedia airport entry, indicating an in-house maintenance presence; scope (transit checks vs. deeper work) not detailed in available sources.

Engine shop — CFM56, LEAP-1A, Trent 700 and Trent 1000 engine preservation, build-up/build-down, engine mounts, borescope inspection, boroblending on CFM56, at the ex-Avianca Rionegro maintenance base (Aeropuerto Jose Maria Cordova, Vereda Sajonia) now run as an independent MRO under MRO Holdings following the Jan 2026 Avianca/MRO Holdings free-trade-zone partnership. Holds FAA repair station MU1Y335C plus UAEAC (Colombia), AAC (El Salvador), DGAC (Chile/Costa Rica/Ecuador/Guatemala) and AFAC (Mexico) approvals; exact Powerplant class letter unconfirmed.

APU shop — engine-preservation line explicitly covers APUs alongside the CFM56/LEAP-1A/Trent engine family per the facility's own capability page; full APU overhaul scope and class rating unconfirmed.

Composite/structures shop — build and repair of nose radome, nose cowl, nacelle, fixed fairing, slat, flap, elevator and rudder; class rating unconfirmed.

Emergency-equipment shop — repair and overhaul of escape slide-rafts, life vests and cylinders, with FAA DOT-certified hydrostatic testing; class rating unconfirmed.

Oxygen shop — hydrostatic testing of crew and passenger oxygen cylinders under US DOT rules, per first-hand facility-tour reporting; class rating unconfirmed.

Battery shop — aircraft battery repair handled through the facility's accessories workshop alongside galley equipment, per first-hand facility-tour reporting; class rating unconfirmed.

Interiors/cabin/seat shop — crew and passenger seat repair/overhaul plus cabin-plastics injection-molding and thermoforming; class rating unconfirmed.

Avionics/instrument shop — bench repair of radio/nav/comm, ATC/TCAS/Mode S, CVR/FDR, ELT (ARTEX-KANNAD) and onboard computers, plus structural and electrical-accessory bench work, at its Rionegro branch in Centro Comercial Aerocentro next to Jose Maria Cordova airport. Holds UAEAC OMA-019 (Radio/Avionics class I-III, Computer class I-II, Structures class I-IV, Accessories class III) and DGAC Chile approval E-544; authorized Bose and Appareo service center.

Battery shop — aviation battery servicing and replacement; Bose-authorized battery-replacement center, under the same UAEAC OMA-019 approval (specific battery class letter unconfirmed).

Avianca Cargo maintains a primary operating base at José María Córdova serving South, Central and North America routes (confirmed via English Wikipedia airport entry), a key outlet for flower exports from eastern Antioquia; named among the specialized cargo carriers using the terminal in ANI/Mintransporte cargo-terminal-expansion coverage.

Colombian all-cargo carrier (Bogotá/El Dorado based) named among the specialized freight operators using the José María Córdova cargo terminal (111,056 tons moved in 2019 per government cargo-terminal-expansion reporting); typically self-handles its own freighter cargo, but a dedicated MDE handling-agreement document was not located and the company's own website is currently unreachable (domain parked).