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Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base

Base Aérea TC. Luis F. Pinto Parra
Luis F. Pinto Parra Air Base; Base Aérea TC. Luis F. Pinto Parra
	IATA: none; ICAO: SKME;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Colombian Aerospace Force
Location	Melgar, Colombia
Elevation AMSL	313 m / 1,028 ft
Coordinates	4°12′59″N 74°38′06″W / 4.21639°N 74.63500°W
Map
	SKME Location of the airport in Colombia
Runways
	Source: DAFIF GCM Google Maps

Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra Air Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra) (ICAO: SKME) is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 4 (Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 4 or CACOM 4). It is in Melgar, a municipality in the Department of Tolima in Colombia,^[4] and is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra.^[5]

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The base is at an elevation of 1,028 feet (313 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 05/23, with an asphalt surface 3,785 by 92 feet (1,154 m × 28 m); and 04/22 with a concrete surface 1,320 by 65 feet (402 m × 20 m).^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Airport information for SKME^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ Airport information for SKME at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - Melgar
^ (in Spanish) CACOM 4 - Melgar (Tolima) - Comando Aéreo de Combate No.4
^ (in Spanish) Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra

[WAD-1] Airport information for SKME^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)

[GCM-2] Airport information for SKME at Great Circle Mapper.

[3] Google Maps - Melgar

[4] (in Spanish) CACOM 4 - Melgar (Tolima) - Comando Aéreo de Combate No.4

[5] (in Spanish) Teniente Coronel Luis Francisco Pinto Parra

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