Timbiquí Airport TBD / SKMB
Timbiquí, Cauca · Colombia · Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
3kpax · 2023
Limited hours
ICAO / IATASKMB / TBD
OperatorAeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
Coordinates2.7786°N, 77.6680°W
Elevation145 ft · 44 m
Time zoneCOT (UTC-5, no DST)
Passengers / yr3,000 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceSKMB — AIP Colombia / Aerocivil
Operating hoursDaylight VFR operations only, approx. 06:00-18:00 local; unlit grass strip with no night operations; no ATC tower (AFIS/uncontrolled); PPR advisable for non-scheduled/charter traffic given minimal ground infrastructure.
TerminalsSingle small rudimentary terminal/waiting shelter for check-in and boarding; open apron parking only, no jet bridges or numbered gates.
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 1,300 m / 4,265 ft · 18 m wide · Grass
Airport contact
Timbiquí Airport is a remote, grass-strip aerodrome on Colombia's Pacific coast serving the isolated, road-disconnected Afro-Colombian riverine municipality of Timbiquí, Cauca. It functions as a Satena-subsidized lifeline route (historically linking to Cali/Popayán), typical of the minimal-infrastructure regional strips along the conflict-affected Pacific coastal region.
Services
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On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
Aerocivil administers Timbiquí directly as one of Colombia's non-concessioned airfields serving areas of difficult land access on Cauca's Pacific coast, listed among the roughly 71 Aerocivil-operated aerodromes in national airport registries (versus the several hundred privately run fields); as the field's own operator it oversees the grass 1,300m runway and apron in the absence of any dedicated third-party ramp-handling company, though a published handling arrangement or tariff is unconfirmed.
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SATENA (Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales)
Self-handled, SATENA; Colombia's state social-route carrier operates scheduled Cali-Timbiquí-Popayán service (Mon/Wed/Fri, confirmed on SATENA's own route and fare pages and in 2024 press coverage of the schedule) to this unpaved grass airstrip, performing its own turnarounds since no independent ground handler operates at the field.
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TAC Colombia (Transporte Aéreo de Colombia)
Self-handled, TAC Colombia; Cali-based charter/cargo operator (Alfonso Bonilla Aragón base) currently flies the Cali-Popayán-Timbiquí-Guapi Pacific-coast route, confirmed via its own current route postings and third-party airport-directory listings, handling its own light-aircraft turnarounds at this remote grass strip. The airline was founded in 1995 as Taxis Aéreos de Caldas (renamed Transporte Aéreo de Colombia in 2008); no source confirms the previously claimed 2002 start date for Timbiquí service specifically, so that detail has been dropped as unverified.
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