Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Alfredo Vásquez Cobo, IATA: LET, ICAO: SKLT) is an international airport located in Leticia, Colombia's southernmost city and capital of the Amazonas Department.

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Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport
IATA: LET ICAO: SKLT WMO: 80398[1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aerocivil
Serves	Leticia, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	277 ft / 84 m
Coordinates	4°11′40″S 69°56′35″W
Website	aerocivil.gov.co/...
Map
LET Show map of Amazonas Department LET Show map of Colombia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,010 6,168 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 333,050
Sources: GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

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The airport is important for the Amazon region, as it is the main gateway to the rest of the country and serves the tri-border area between Colombia, Brazil and Peru.

Before Leticia had an established airport, the Colombian Air Force flew PBY Catalina aircraft from the interior of Colombia to the river banks of the city. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seeing the need to better connect the Amazon region of Colombia to Bogota ordered for an airport to be built.

In 2015, Juan Manuel Santos, the then president of Colombia, announced an investment of over $142 billion Colombian pesos (or $42 million US dollars) to replace the existing facilities with brand new passenger and cargo terminals, control tower, parking and common areas, and access roadways.^[4] Construction was expected to conclude on November 30, 2018, however due to delays the new facilities are expected to be completed by June 2019.^[5]

Two hundred international tourists were trapped in Leticia after the highly-contagious Brazilian variant of COVID-19 virus was discovered in the city on January 28, 2021. Two weeks later the government agreed to fly the tourists out of the Alfredo Vásquez Cobo airport if the individuals were willing to pay. Regularly scheduled flights resumed on March 2.^[6]

Permanently stationed onsite is the Amazonas Air Group, of the Colombian Air Force, which operates out of the Colonel Herbert Boy Air Base. The air base shares the same runway with the airport and jointly manage other facilities.

• On November 18, 2006, an AeroSucre Boeing 727 crashed during landing due to poor weather and fog against a television antenna with 40 meters of height. The three members of crew, as well as the three passengers, died in the accident.

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