Rafael Núñez International Airport

Rafael Núñez International Airport (IATA: CTG, ICAO: SKCG) is an international airport serving the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia. It is the largest airport in the country's northern Caribbean region in terms of passenger movement. It is located between the Caribbean coast and the Ciénaga de la Virgen marsh, in the center of Crespo, a neighborhood in northern Cartagena. It is named after Cartagena native Rafael Núñez, the former Colombian president who wrote the verses to the National Anthem of Colombia.

Rafael Núñez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Rafael Núñez
IATA: CTG ICAO: SKCG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SACSA
Serves	Cartagena, Colombia
Hub for	Avianca
Elevation AMSL	7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	10°26′33″N 75°30′47″W
Website	aeropuertocartagena.com.co
Map
CTG Location of airport in Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,600 8,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger Movement 5.463.873 Cargo Movement 7.073 T
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Airlines including Air Panama, Air Transat, American Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, EasyFly, JetBlue, LATAM Colombia, LATAM Perú, Spirit Airlines, and Wingo have or had international flights from this airport to various cities in North, Central and South America. KLM and Edelweiss Air have flights to Amsterdam and Zurich by way of Bogotá (the airlines do not own rights to transport passengers solely between Cartagena and Bogota).

The airport's international terminal

Control tower

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport.

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico	Mexico City[3]
Air Canada	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau (begins December 20, 2025),[4] Toronto–Pearson (resumes December 20, 2025)[4]
Air Century	Santo Domingo–La Isabela
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau,[citation needed] Toronto–Pearson[citation needed]
American Airlines	Miami
Arajet	Punta Cana, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Avianca	Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Medellín–JMC, Pereira Seasonal: Miami,[citation needed] New York–JFK,[citation needed] Santiago de Chile[citation needed]
Avianca Costa Rica	San José (CR)
Avianca Ecuador	Seasonal: Guayaquil (ends June 11, 2025)[5][6]
Clic	Armenia, Bucaramanga, Manizales
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta[7]
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich1[8]
JetBlue	New York–JFK
JetSmart Colombia[9]	Bogotá, Cali, Cúcuta, Medellín–JMC, Pereira
JetSmart Perú	Lima[10]
KLM	Amsterdam2
LATAM Colombia	Bogotá, Cali, Medellín–JMC, San Andrés Island
LATAM Perú	Lima
Neos	Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa[11]
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas	Madrid Seasonal charter: Warsaw[citation needed]
SATENA	Mompox
Spirit Airlines	Fort Lauderdale, Orlando
Wingo	Bogota, Cali, Medellín–JMC,[12] Panama City–Balboa, San Andrés Island

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas	Bogotá

Note:

• ¹: Edelweiss Air's flight is from Bogotá to Zurich via Cartagena. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Bogotá and Cartagena.
• ²: KLM's flight is from Bogotá to Amsterdam via Cartagena. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Bogotá and Cartagena.

Statistics

Busiest international routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015)^[13]

Rank	City	Passengers	% Change	Airlines
1	Panama City, Panama	140,388	1,70%	Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia
2	Fort Lauderdale, USA	140,266	37,64%	JetBlue, Spirit Airlines
3	New York–Kennedy, USA	91,554	93,01%	Avianca, JetBlue
4	Miami, United States	71,116	8,81%	American Airlines, Avianca

Busiest domestic routes (roundtrip) out of Rafael Núñez International Airport (2015)^[13]

Rank	City	Passengers	% Change	Airlines
1	Bogota	2,390,508	12,58%	Avianca, Copa Airlines Colombia, LATAM Colombia, Viva Colombia
2	Medellin, Antioquia	614,520	8,98%	Aerolínea de Antioquia, Avianca, LATAM, Viva Colombia
3	Cali, Valle del Cauca	172,113	37,56%	Avianca, Viva Colombia
4	San Andrés	101,587	55,02%	Copa Airlines Colombia, Viva Colombia
5	Pereira, Risaralda	93,842	6,64%	Avianca, Viva Colombia
6	Bucaramanga, Santander	27,646	11,56%	EasyFly, Viva Colombia.

Capacity and structure

• The airport is connected with 3 bays accessible from the runway, the aircraft taxi down the runway 1000 meters to stop turning over 300 meters and take-off position. The track is 60 meters wide and 2,600 m long at 0 meters above sea level provides sufficient capacity for modern transatlantic aircraft operations without problems. ^{[citation needed]}
• The airport has the capacity to house 11 aircraft and open skies for charter operations.
• Currently, SACSA S.A. has the contract to administer the airport

See also

• Transport in Colombia
• List of airports in Colombia

Accidents and incidents

• On January 11, 1995, Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 crashed on approach to the airport due to instrument failures and pilot errors leading to a CFIT.