5/5 Enrique Casas J. 1 year ago on Google
Great
change
and
specially
after
the
remodeled.
Very
nice
to
walk
around
and
very
fresh.
The
airport
was
built
between
1944
and
1947.
Its
first
official
flight
was
a
C-47
piloted
by
captain
Luis
Carlos
Londoño
Iragorrion
on
24
July
1947.
The
city
of
Pereira
owns
and
manages
the
terminal
building,
while
the
operations
are
in
charge
of
Aerocivil,
being
the
only
airport
in
Colombia
under
these
conditions.
It
handles
75
percent
of
passengers
in
the
coffee
region,
with
an
average
of
30
daily
commercial
operations
to
different
destinations.
The
passenger
terminal
is
a
four-level
building
built
in
the
early
1970s.
The
first
level
includes
parking
positions
for
the
airplanes,
and
a
baggage
claim
area.
The
second/main
floor
has
the
check-in
counters,
airline
offices,
and
domestic
and
international
arrival
doors.
The
third
floor
has
the
general
waiting
room,
toilets,
stores,
restaurants
and
cafés,
free
Internet
Wi-Fi,
a
devices
charging
station,
and
a
VIP
lounge
operated
by
Avianca.
Also
on
this
level
is
security
access
for
the
two
domestic
waiting
rooms.
The
international
waiting
room
is
here,
with
an
independent
door
to
the
duty-free
and
security
areas.
In
1991
two
jetways
were
installed
from
the
domestic
waiting
rooms.
On
the
fourth
level
are
the
airport
general
offices,
a
chapel,
and
two
footbridges
connecting
the
terminal
with
the
car
parking
area,
which
is
in
front
of
the
main
building.
A
new
cargo
terminal
was
built
to
replace
the
original
built
in
1978.
The
new
control
tower
is
Colombia's
second-most-advanced,
behind
the
tower
in
El
Dorado
Airport
of
Bogotá,
also
recently
built.
The
terminal
has
easy
access
to
public
transportation,
including
taxi
area,
general
bus
service
and
an
exclusive
stop
for
the
bus
rapid
transit
system,
Megabus.
Currently,
the
airport
is
under
a
full
renovation
process,
improving
aviation
safety,
comfort
and
security
for
users.
A
21,000m²
(68,897
ft²)
completely
new
terminal
is
planned.[citation
needed]
The
runway
was
extended
to
2,205
meters
in
2014,
to
allow
for
full
certification
as
an
international
airport.
In
December
2016,
the
CSS
Construction
Company
won
the
contract
to
demolish
the
current
terminal
and
build
the
new
terminal
building.
This
is
a
public-private
alliance
in
which
the
CSS
company
will
operate
the
airport
for
20
years
while
still
returning
some
revenue
to
the
city
government.
The
construction
began
in
November
2017.
CSS
Construction
also
has
a
30
percent
stake
in
the
renovation
at
El
Dorado
International
Airport
in
Bogota.