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Colombia’s second largest airport is Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport serving the city of Cali, Colombia’s third largest city .
Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport is located at an elevation of 3,174 feet in the Andes Mountains of western Colombia. Situated in the Cauca River Valley, a long narrow river valley, that separates the Western Andes from the higher Central Andes mountain range. Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in the town of Palmaseca, roughly in the middle of the Cauca valley between Palmira and Cali. To the east of Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, the terrain rises rapidly from 7,000 feet just 14 miles from the airport to 14,000 feet within 25 miles. To the west, the terrain along the western range of the Andes rises from 4,500 feet 6 miles from the airport to 6,500 feet within 12 miles of the airport. With this narrow valley and surrounded by high mountains rising rapidly in such a short distance from the airport, flying into Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport can be difficult and has led to several accidents.
Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport has one single runway 01/19 with a length of 9842 feet. The airport is capable of handling aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747. Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport is one of only a handful of South America airports that is a secondary airport and is open 24 hours a day.
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