"road N-636 that leads to the airport facilities. There is also a regular bus line from Santander's main bus station in the city centre. The line buses from ALSA also stop in the airport prior booking in the routes that connect Santander with other towns in northern Spain like Bilbao, Gijón, Oviedo or Laredo. Santander Airport Santander Airport is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. In 2012 the airport handled 1,117,617 passengers and 17,070 flights, far more than in 1995 when it handled only 180,000 passengers. Since then, the traffic has declined following the"
"as 'Santander Airport' until 2015. In May 2014, a popular initiative taken to the Parliament of Cantabria was unanimously approved to change the name after Seve Ballesteros, an icon in sport and life and one of the best ambassadors that Cantabria ever had in the last decades. The Spanish Government approved the change on 16 April 2015 The current airport, built on ground filled of the bay of Santander, was opened to traffic in 1977. Before there was on the same site a smaller airfield built between 1947 and 1952 by prisoners of the Spanish Civil War. It opened in"
"Department of Santander and its capital, the city of Bucaramanga. The work was directed by the Administrative Department of Civil Aviation, who also were responsible for the construction of new airports and Pitalito Monteria and remodelling in Leticia and Eldorado in this period. The modern facility that was opened by the President Misael Pastrana in August 1974 just before leaving office, they replaced the old airport ""Gomez Niño"". The inaugural flight took place on a Boeing 727 Avianca Company, commanded by Captain Alvaro Barrera Gómez. Gómez Niño Airport, located within the urban area of Bucaramanga was for 25 years who"
"Norte de Santander Department Norte de Santander () is a department of the nation of Colombia. It is in the north of the country, bordering Venezuela. Its capital is Cúcuta, one of the country's major cities. North Santander Department is bordered by Venezuela to the east and north, by Santander Department and Boyacá Department to the south, and by Santander Department and Cesar Department to the west. The official Department name is """"Departamento de Norte de Santander"""" (North Santander Department) in honor of Colombian military and political leader Francisco de Paula Santander. North Santander Department is located in the northwestern"
"Santander Department Santander () is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, borders the east with the Magdalena River, borders to the south and southeast with Boyacá, to the northeast with Norte de Santander Department, to the north with Cesar Department, and to the west with Bolivar and Antioquia Departments. Its capital is the city of Bucaramanga. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, the territory now known as Santander was inhabited by Amerindian ethnic"
"Camilo Daza International Airport Camilo Daza International Airport () is a civil airport located in Cúcuta, Colombia. The airport serves the Norte de Santander Department. It is named after Colombian aviation pioneer Camilo Daza. The airport has international facilities and is able to operate general aviation flights to international destinations. This air terminal is from the center of the city, about 15 minutes off the Pan American Highway (Sevilla). The Cucuta VOR-DME (Ident: CUC) is located on the field. Camilo Daza International Airport was inaugurated on October 10, 1971 by the then President of the Republic, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and"
"Santiago de Compostela Airport Santiago de Compostela Airport (, ) is an international airport serving the autonomous community and historical region of Galicia in Spain. It is the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from Santiago de Compostela and handled 2,644,925 passengers in 2017. It is the main focus city of Vueling in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, and Ryanair's only focus city in Northern Spain. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago runs near the airport. The airport was set up by a group"
"of Madrid. On August 6, 2010 in the framework of the macro national business conference, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Oscar Rueda, said that Colombia will conduct studies of a direct international flight to counteract the effects of the crisis in neighboring Venezuela. Camilo Daza International Airport Camilo Daza International Airport () is a civil airport located in Cúcuta, Colombia. The airport serves the Norte de Santander Department. It is named after Colombian aviation pioneer Camilo Daza. The airport has international facilities and is able to operate general aviation flights to international destinations. This air terminal is from the center"
"1953 replacing the old Santander airport located in La Albericia, that was receiving commercial flights since 1949, and received the name of Aeropuerto de Santander and popularly known as ""Parayas"". It received the international rating in 1957. After a three-year closure (from April 1974 until August 8, 1977), in which the airport underwent a major renovation that significantly expanded its facilities and had a cost of more than 1,100 million pesetas of the time; it was reopened with a new 2,400 m runway and with the technology to allow both visual and instrumental flight; the first flight after the renovation"
"km. Santiago de Compostela Airport Santiago de Compostela Airport (, ) is an international airport serving the autonomous community and historical region of Galicia in Spain. It is the 2nd busiest airport in northern Spain after Bilbao Airport. The airport is located in the parish of Lavacolla, 12 km from Santiago de Compostela and handled 2,644,925 passengers in 2017. It is the main focus city of Vueling in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, and Ryanair's only focus city in Northern Spain. The Christian pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago runs near the airport. The airport was set up by a"
"Palonegro International Airport Palonegro International Airport () is on a mountain ridge west of Bucaramanga in the Santander Department of Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international and domestic flights. The airport was built over the mountains surrounding the Bucaramanga plateau. A mountain road connects the city with the airport, which is located at about 1,200 m above sea level (The city of Bucaramanga is located at 950 m above sea level). The airport bears the name of the nearby area, ""Palonegro"". This was the place of a famous battle of the"
"Banco Santander Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (), is a Spanish multinational commercial bank and financial services company founded and based in Santander, Spain. In addition to hubs in Madrid and Barcelona, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centres as the largest Spanish banking institution in the world. Although known for its European banking operations, it has extended operations across North and South America, and more recently in continental Asia. Many subsidiaries, such as Abbey National, have been rebranded under the Santander name. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market"
"Santander, Spain The port city of Santander (, ; ; Cántabru: ""Sanander"") is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 172,000 (2017). Santander houses the headquarters of multinational bank Banco Santander, and is the location of the founding of the namesake company. The origin of the earliest human settlements in the current Santander is not easy to establish because there is little written and archaeological data. However, there would appear to be good practical reasons"
"Industrial University of Santander The Industrial University of Santander (), abbreviated in Spanish with the acronym UIS, is a public university system, based in a coeducational, and research model. The university serves the Santander Department, being the main campus located in the city of Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. The university also has satellite campuses across the department in the cities of Barrancabermeja, Barbosa, Málaga, Piedecuesta, Socorro. UIS is the largest higher education institution and is regarded as one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities in Colombia by student population, research groups, academic output, technological development, and number of publications. UIS is"
"Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (, ) is an airport serving the area of Barranquilla, the capital city of the Atlántico department in Colombia. The airport is located in the suburban municipality of Soledad. It owes its name to one of the pioneers of Colombian aviation, Ernesto Cortissoz. This airport serves as a focus city for Avianca. It is capable of accepting widebodied aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, and Airbus A340. It is the most important airport in terms of infrastructure in the northern part of the country and the first in terms of"
"Soledad International Airport Soledad International Airport was the main airport of Barranquilla, Colombia from 1936 to 1981 when it was replaced by Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. It was the main international hub in the country from 1936 to 1959. In the early 1930s, the airline SCADTA based its main hub at the Airport of Veranillo which was a seaplane port on the Magdalena River and had been operating since 1919. The airline operated several Fokker Universals and Sikorsky S-38s from the main terminal at the seaplane port to many different parts of Colombia. It had also been an important stopover"
"Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (, ) is an airport west-southwest of Porlamar, the largest city on Isla Margarita, an island in the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela. The Airport has one terminal, which is divided into International and Domestic sections. The Margarita non-directional beacon (Ident: MTA) and VOR-DME (Ident: MTA) are located on the field. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the airport had scheduled passenger airline service from Europe and the U.S. during the early 1990s including nonstop flights from Frankfurt, London, Miami, Milan and New York City operated by VIASA."
"Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (, ) is an airport west-southwest of Porlamar, the largest city on Isla Margarita, an island in the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela. The Airport has one terminal, which is divided into International and Domestic sections. The Margarita non-directional beacon (Ident: MTA) and VOR-DME (Ident: MTA) are located on the field. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the airport had scheduled passenger airline service from Europe and the U.S. during the early 1990s including nonstop flights from Frankfurt, London, Miami, Milan and New York City operated by VIASA."
"It is hoped that the award process is completed within two years in 2011 for a private operator to invest in the necessary work to adapt the terminal to improve the existing traffic and cargo handling facilities, which eventually will be needed to meet growth in this activity when they sign the free trade agreement with the United States. Palonegro International Airport Palonegro International Airport () is on a mountain ridge west of Bucaramanga in the Santander Department of Colombia. The airport provides the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and surrounding towns with access to international and domestic flights. The airport was"
"and the House of the Bagatela, the seat of Colombia's government in its early years. Casa Natal del General Santander The Casa Natal del General Santander (lit., ""Birth house of General Santander"") is the birthplace of the Colombian General Francisco de Paula Santander, and is where he lived until the age of 13. It is in the municipality of Villa del Rosario in Cúcuta, along the International Highway to Venezuela. The building now holds a museum that contains many of Santander's possessions, including his uniform and swords. The house is in the Park of the Great Colombia, which also contains"
"Casa Natal del General Santander The Casa Natal del General Santander (lit., ""Birth house of General Santander"") is the birthplace of the Colombian General Francisco de Paula Santander, and is where he lived until the age of 13. It is in the municipality of Villa del Rosario in Cúcuta, along the International Highway to Venezuela. The building now holds a museum that contains many of Santander's possessions, including his uniform and swords. The house is in the Park of the Great Colombia, which also contains the historic church of Cúcuta (where the Colombian Constitution of 1821 was written and signed),"
"temperature: 24 °C Reference distance: 364 km (6 hours by car) from Bogota, the capital of the Republic, and 121 km (2.30 h) from Bucaramanga (the Department's Capital) The Town is home to two collegiate education institutions. 1.Industrial University of Santander 2.Free University of Colombia El Socorro has become the best destination of Colombia for language tourism thanks to its tranquility and friendliness of its people. Learn Spanish in Colombia. [https://southamericanspanish.com/EHE_Socorro.html * [Escuela Hablamos Español - EHE Spanish School<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Santander, Colombia Socorro, Santander Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in"
"Santander in Cantabria within the bay of Santander. Between 2007 and 2011 the Port Authority took different steps to improve its relations with the city, its citizens and its stakeholders. Christian Manrique (engineer) Christian Manrique Valdor (born 1975 in Santander, Spain) is a Spanish civil engineer and the CEO and founder of Soulware Global Development. From 2007-2011 he was the youngest ever Chairman of a Spanish Port Authority, taking this post in Santander. On September 24, 2007, Manrique was appointed Chairman of the Port Authority of Santander by the Spanish minister of Public Works, Magdalena Álvarez, proposed by the Government"
"with a large number of employees, including Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, the University of Cantabria and Grupo Santander. Activities related to culture, leisure and tourism are an important part of the city's economy, and the regional and municipal authorities look to augment the summer tourist trade with additional offerings, including conventions, conferences, cultural festivals and cruises. Banco Santander, Spain's largest bank and corporation, is headquartered here. Santander is pilot for a Smart city. It is embedded with 12,000 sensors. Santander has a great tradition and cultural activity, with events that play an important role in cultural and social life"
"corresponded to the Iberia's DC-9 ""Ciudad de Santander"", that covered the Barcelona-Santander-Santiago de Compostela route. In recent years there have been new renovation works, that started in 2007, remodeling and expanding the terminal and installing two gateways or fingers for direct access to the planes, widening the platform for parking more aircraft or construction of taxiways and a platform for general aviation. Until 2003 the premises were considered underused due to the limited number of flights and their high fees, which made a shift in potential passengers to the airport of Bilbao, 100 km away. From this date, following an"
"Francisco de Paula Santander University The Francisco de Paula Santander University (Spanish: ""Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander"") is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander department, Colombia, with regional campuses in Ocaña, Colombia, Chinacota and Tibú. The university was founded on July 5, 1962, later being accredited by decree #37 (1964) and decree #323 (1970). The Francisco de Paula Santander University is an autonomous university with administrative and financial autonomy, working under the Ministry of National Education. Its main campus is located in Cúcuta, having a branch in the city of"
"Cúcuta Cúcuta (), officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander department. It is located in the northeast of the country, in the eastern branch of the Colombian Andes, on the border with Venezuela. Cúcuta has a population of approximately 650,000 people according to the 2005-2020 census, making it the 6th largest city in the country. Due to its proximity with Venezuela, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. Hosting many billion dollar companies. The international border in Cúcuta is said to be the most dynamic of South America. The city has a length of"
"football are also played in Santander. Santander's popularity as a tourist destination has increased in the past few years, since it serves as the hub for some world-renowned dive spots like Apo Island, Balicasag, Pescador Island, Sumilon and Siquijor. This is also reflected in the growth of Santander in the tourism industry. Six years ago there were only two resorts, still open today. Today there are eleven. Santander, Cebu ', officially the ', (; ), is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Santander is the southernmost municipality of Cebu"
"to many such areas. As regards to daytime temperatures, summers in Santander are similar to coastal areas of western France, such as La Rochelle, and coastal areas in the Pacific Northwest, such as Seattle. The maximum temperature reached in Santander Airport was on 27 June 2009, and the minimum temperature on 21 January 1957. The warmest maximum daytime average for a month was in August 2003, with . Warm months (mean above ) are however rare. Sunshine hours are very low by comparison with the rest of mainland and southern Spain. Even compared with other areas of northern Spain, such"
"Nelson Mandela International Airport Nelson Mandela International Airport , also known as Praia International Airport, is the airport of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in October 2005, replacing the old Francisco Mendes International Airport. It is located about 3 km northeast of the city centre of Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago. The first flight to the new airport was on 6 October 2005 with a flight from Sal. Even though the airport serves the capital and largest city, Praia as well as the island of Santiago, Cape Verde's busiest international airport is"
"between Liloan and Larena in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Santander is bordered to the north by the towns of Oslob And Samboan, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the province of Negros Oriental in Negros Island. Santander is known for its annual Tostado Festival celebrated on the third Sunday of April. Street dancers from different districts dance to moves inspired by the making of tostados. Santander was originally called Tañong, but as the Spaniards came, it was renamed Santander after a city on the northern"
"zone of the Colombian Andean Region. The area of present-day Norte de Santander played an important role in the history of Colombia, during the War of Independence from Spain when Congress gave origin to the Greater Colombia in Villa del Rosario. In April 1850, when the Republic of New Granada was born with 5 departments and 19 provinces. Santander was formed as a province with San José de Cúcuta its capital. In 1857 the sovereign Department of Santander was created and its capital was Pamplona. As of December of that year, the capital was transferred to Bucaramanga. In May 1858,"
"and Florencia and the other to be based at Medellin's Olaya Herrera Airport. SATENA SATENA (acronym of ""Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales"") is a Colombian government owned airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It operates domestic routes. Its main hub is El Dorado International Airport. SATENA was first established on April 12, 1962 by the President of the Republic, Alberto Lleras Camargo, who created the airline using Decree 940 in order """"to form an aerial transport service for the benefit of the underdeveloped regions of the country, with the object of promoting the welfare of educational campaigns, agricultural and pastoral development"