AirportsGerardo Tobar López Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Buenaventura, in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BUN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BUN
- ICAO code
- SKBU
- City
- Buenaventura
- State or region
- Valle del Cauca Department
- Country
- Colombia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 3.8196° N, 76.9898° W
- Elevation
- 15 m (48 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,202 m (3,945 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BUN means Gerardo Tobar López Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SKBU. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 3.8196° N, 76.9898° W. It stands 15 metres (48 feet) above sea level.
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
Gerardo Tobar López Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,202 metres (3,945 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 43.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,202 m 3,945 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International AirportCali | CLO | 74 km |
| El Eden AirportArmenia | AXM | 153 km |
| Guillermo León Valencia AirportPopayán | PPN | 158 km |
| Guapi AirportGuapi | GPI | 172 km |
| Matecaña International AirportPereira | PEI | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,473 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,848 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,947 km | 17 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,745 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,107 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,433 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,430 km | 23 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,199 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,022 km | 17 h 25 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
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