AirportsJosé Celestino Mutis Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bahía Solano, in Chocó Department, Colombia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BSC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BSC
- ICAO code
- SKBS
- City
- Bahía Solano
- State or region
- Chocó Department
- Country
- Colombia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 6.2029° N, 77.3947° W
- Elevation
- 24 m (80 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,211 m (3,973 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BSC means José Celestino Mutis Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SKBS. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.2029° N, 77.3947° W. It stands 24 metres (80 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Quibdó, about 99 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Bogota, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
José Celestino Mutis Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,211 metres (3,973 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 48 airports of Colombia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 42.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,211 m 3,973 ft | 24 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 17/35 | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Reyes Murillo AirportNuquí | NQU | 57 km |
| El Caraño AirportQuibdó | UIB | 101 km |
| Bahia Piña AirportPuerto Piña, Panama | BFQ | 177 km |
| Antonio Roldán Betancur AirportCarepa | APO | 194 km |
| Enrique Olaya Herrera AirportMedellín | EOH | 199 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,281 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,712 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,829 km | 17 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,565 km | 10 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,846 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,221 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,161 km | 23 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,962 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,155 km | 17 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.