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Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport TME / SKTM

Tame, Arauca · Colombia · Aerocivil (Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil)
1kpax · 2019
Limited hours
ICAO / IATASKTM / TME
OperatorAerocivil (Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil)
Coordinates6.4511°N, 71.7597°W
Elevation1,050 ft · 320 m
Time zoneCOT (UTC-5, no DST)
Passengers / yr1,200 (2019)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel
Bonded
AIP referenceSKTM — AIP Colombia / Aerocivil
Operating hoursDaylight VFR operations only; no confirmed runway lighting or H24 tower service. Satena's single daily Bogota rotation sets the effective operating window; PPR advisable for non-scheduled traffic given minimal infrastructure.
TerminalsSingle small regional terminal building; no jet bridges, apron parking only.
Runways (1)
  • 07/25 · 2,000 m / 6,562 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Domestic Satena-subsidized regional strip in the Arauca Llanos/border region near Venezuela, linking Tame to Bogota (and historically Saravena) with no other scheduled carriers; minimal fixed infrastructure and no confirmed fuel service.

Services

Available On request / PPR Seasonal / ageing Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling Available
SATENA (Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales)
SATENA is confirmed as the only scheduled carrier serving Tame (route to Bogotá; Wikipedia's stub entry still shows a Saravena leg, but current route-tracking data lists only Bogotá as active, so the Saravena discontinuation is not fully certain). No third-party ground handler was found at this small regional field, consistent with SATENA self-handling its own turnarounds here (self-handled, SATENA) — the self-handling mechanism itself is not separately documented, so treat as reasonably inferred rather than directly cited.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel Unconfirmed
GAF Globe Air Fuel Colombia
Jet fuel is confirmed present at Tame by an independent third-party aviation database (AC-U-KWIK lists SKTM with "Fuel Available: JET"), but the specific supplier could not be verified as GAF: GAF's own live network-supply page (gafcolombia.com/en/services/network-supply, re-checked directly), in both Spanish and English, names only four explicit airports as its own EDS (Estación de Servicio) network — Ocaña, Guaymaral, Flandes and Mariquita — and contains no mention of "Tame", "SKTM" or "Arauca" anywhere in the page text, scripts, or image/marker labels. The earlier claim of an explicit "Combustible disponible: JET A1" listing for SKTM on GAF's site could not be reproduced and appears to be incorrect; GAF remains a plausible national distributor but its presence at Tame specifically is unconfirmed, so status is downgraded from available to unconfirmed pending a named local into-plane agent.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
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 Unconfirmed
SATENA (Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales)
No dedicated aircraft-cleaning contractor found at Tame; cabin/turnaround cleaning is presumed self-performed by SATENA as the sole operator here, consistent with its self-handling of other ground ops — unconfirmed.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment Not listed
Cargo handling Available
SATENA (Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales)
SATENA's own cargo page (satena.com/es/carga, re-verified live) states it carries mail and freight to "todos nuestros destinos" (all its destinations) nationwide; Tame is not named individually on the page, but it is confirmed as an active SATENA route, so coverage is reasonably attributable. Handled in-house by the airline (self-handled, SATENA) — no separate cargo-terminal operator exists at this small field.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security Unconfirmed
Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
Per Colombia's RAC 160 aviation-security regulation, screening/control procedures at non-concessioned fields are carried out by the airport operator (explotador) and/or the Policía Nacional; Aerocivil is the confirmed operator of Tame, but no airport-specific AVSEC unit name or contract was found, so this is recorded as unconfirmed rather than cited.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport Not listed
Flight support Unconfirmed
Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil)
Aerocivil operates Gabriel Vargas Santos as a non-concessioned state-run airport (confirmed on aerocivil.gov.co's own airport listing) and is the national provider of AIS/flight-plan and ATS/AFIS services at its regional fields; no Tame-specific briefing-office listing or operating hours were located, so treat as unconfirmed for this station specifically.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel Not listed