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San Jeronimo Airport Aeropuerto de San Jeronimo
IATA: SJM ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public, Defunct
Operator	city of Montería
Serves	Montería
Opened	1937
Closed	1974
Focus city for	Lansa
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	8°44′49.14″N 75°52′47.75″W / 8.7469833°N 75.8799306°W / 8.7469833; -75.8799306
Map
SJM
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m none 3,459 1,054 concrete(Closed)

San Jeronimo Airport was the old airport of Montería, Colombia. It is now The Hospital of Saint Jeronimo in the downtown area of the town.

• On March 15, 1961, a Douglas DC-3 operated by Avianca overshoot the runway due bad weather and the runway being too short. It was landing after a flight from Medellin. There were 2 crew members and 14 passengers, everyone survived, but there were two minor injuries.
• On May 8, 1971, flight 706, a Douglas DC-4 operated by Avianca was hijacked on a flight to Barranquila several minutes after taking off from the airport. A young Colombian carried a gun and demanded to be flown to Maracaibo. The plane successfully landed in Maracaibo and the man confessed that he was diagnosed with skin cancer and could not be treated in Colombia.

• http://monteriaradio38grados.com/web/historia-del-aeropuerto-san-jeronimo-y-los-primeros-vuelos-de-la-region/