Vanguardia Airport guide

Vanguardia Airport is the main commercial airport serving Villavicencio, the capital of Meta department in Colombia's eastern plains. It sits just north of the city. The airport has IATA code VVC and ICAO code SKVV, and it has a single asphalt runway designated 05/23.

The airport was inaugurated on 28 February 1949 and was built by Avianca. Colombia's civil aviation authority, Aerocivil, owns it. In 2008 flights were suspended for works that included improvements to the passenger terminal, a new cargo terminal and a runway extension of about 500 m.

All scheduled flights are domestic. Avianca Express flies to Bogota, Clic serves Cali and Medellin, and SATENA connects Villavicencio with Bogota and with remote towns in the Llanos and Amazon regions, including Arauca, La Macarena, Mitu, Puerto Carreno and Puerto Inirida.

On 21 May 2022 the overflowing Guatiquia River damaged the runway and passenger terminal. Aerocivil said air operations would resume from 2:00 p.m. the same day, after 21 flights had been cancelled and about 1,130 passengers rebooked.