Olaya Herrera Airport SKMD / EOH
Medellín's city airport, ten minutes from El Poblado, but domestic-only with no customs, daylight-only operations and a valley approach that limits aircraft size. Ideal for internal Colombian legs after clearing CIQ at Rionegro.
8,202 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to Medellín
1
FBOs / handlers
4,949 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–18:00 (daylight VFR)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- No
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 3 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light/midsize jets; domestic only; terrain-limited.
- Website
- www.airplan.aero
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Olaya Herrera General Aviation handling
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 8,202 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Medellín
- José María Córdova International Airport SKRG 11,483 ft · 50 min