El Alcaraván Airport
El Alcaraván Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto El Alcaraván, IATA: EYP, ICAO: SKYP), also known as El Yopal Airport, is an airport serving the city of Yopal, the capital of the Casanare Department of Colombia. The airport is on the southeast edge of the city.
El Alcaraván Airport Aeropuerto El Alcaraván | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aerocivil | ||||||||||
| Location | Yopal, Colombia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,027 ft / 313 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 5°19′10″N 72°23′02″W | ||||||||||
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EYP Airport in Colombia | |||||||||||
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Although the airport only has domestic flights to Bogotá and Bucaramanga, it is classified as an international airport because it has an immigration facility.
The El Yopal VOR-DME (Ident: EYP) is located 2.9 nautical miles (5.4 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 05.
The passenger airlines that currently operate flights from and to the city of Yopal are LATAM Airlines Colombia, Avianca and EasyFly, and there were others like Satena that ceased operations from El Yopal Airport. Due to the good economy of the department of Casanare, based on petroleum, there has been an increase in the number of passenger movements.