Medellin Airport

Medellin Airport

Medellin - José María Córdova International Airport is one of the most important and largest airports in the South American Republic of Columbia. Besides this international airport in the Rio Negro area, there is also another airport in Medellin which now only operates flights to domestic destinations, the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport.
  • URL: Medellin (MDE)
  • Time zone: GMT -5
  • Service telephone: +574 402 5110
  • Address: Aeropuerto Internacional "José María Córdova" de Medellín, 31001 Rio Negro, Departamento de Antioquia, Colombia
  • Operating company: AirPlan
  • Parking: yes; paid short and long term parking.
  • Nearby cities: Envigado (16 km), Medellin (19 km), Itagüí (21 km), Bello (25 km)
  • Directions by car: The airport is near the national road #60 near the town of Rio Negro, about 35 km or 28 miles south east of Medellin.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.94%), Tuesday (14.28%), Wednesday (13.48%), Thursday (14.45%), Friday (14.34%), Saturday (14.53%), Sunday (13.98%)
  • Alternative spelling: 麦德林, 麥德林, Медельїн, Медељин, Μεντεγίν, Medelhim, Medeljinas, Медельин, Jose Maria Cordova - Rio Negro, Меделин, ميديلين, מדיין, मेडेलिन, 메데인, メデリン

Most popular destinations from Medellin (Flights per week )


Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Viva Air Colombia (900, 29,28 %)
  2. Avianca (685, 22,28 %)
  3. LATAM Chile (567, 18,45 %)
  4. Copa Airlines (404, 13,14 %)
  5. American Airlines (160, 5,20 %)
  6. Spirit Airlines (96, 3,12 %)
  7. Wingo (90, 2,93 %)
  8. Viva Air Peru (64, 2,08 %)
  9. Aeroméxico (32, 1,04 %)
  10. JetBlue Airways (32, 1,04 %)
  11. other (1.44 %)

Location
The airport was first in use in 1985 and is about 35 km or 27 miles southeast of the city centre near the town of Rio Negro. It is easy to reach the airport on the national road #60. Transfer to Medellin is via taxi or bus.