Airport La Nubia

The current airport of Manizales has a runway of 1.4 kilometers asphalt. The problem with the airport is that the current location is frequent closed by poor visibility. Currently they are building a new airport at 15-25 minutes drive from the city. This new airport has the problem of visibility not. In 2010 - 2011, the 2.7 km long runway at the new airport will be opened. There is a possible new runway could be extended to 3.5 km so that large international aircrafts come directly from Europe to the new airport . The new airport would be open 24 hours a day. The current airport is is open from 6 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon.