Santa Rosalía Airport

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Santa Rosalía Airport
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Airport type Public
Serves Santa Rosalía, Colombia
Elevation  AMSL 400 ft / 122 m
Coordinates 5°07′50″N70°52′07″W / 5.13056°N 70.86861°W / 5.13056; -70.86861 Coordinates: 5°07′50″N70°52′07″W / 5.13056°N 70.86861°W / 5.13056; -70.86861
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SSL
Location of the airport in Colombia
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06/24 950 3,117 Asphalt
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Santa Rosalía Airport( IATA : SSL, ICAO : SKSL) is an airport serving the village of Santa Rosalía in the Vichada Department of Colombia.

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Santa Rosalía, Vichada town in Orinoquía, Colombia

Santa Rosalía is a town and municipality located in the Department of Vichada, Colombia.

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The runway is alongside the southeastern bank of the Meta River.

Meta River tributary of the Orinoco in the Llanos of central Colombia

The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America. The Meta originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes and flows through the Meta Department, Colombia as the confluence of the Humea, Guatiquía and Guayuriba rivers. It flows east-northeastward across the Llanos Orientales of Colombia following the direction of the Meta Fault. The Meta forms the northern boundary of Vichada Department, first with Casanare Department, then with Arauca Department, and finally with Venezuela, down to Puerto Carreño where it flows into the Orinoco.

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