La Nubia Airport — Manizales, Colombia

La Nubia Airport (MZL) serves Manizales, a city in Colombia's coffee-growing region set high in the Andes. Perched on a ridge at a challenging altitude with a relatively short runway, MZL is known among pilots for demanding approach conditions, similar to other airports built into Colombia's mountainous terrain. It handles domestic flights connecting Manizales to Bogotá and other major Colombian cities, supporting the coffee trade, university traffic from the city's several institutions, and tourism to the nearby Los Nevados National Natural Park. Due to its geographic constraints, larger aircraft are limited, and flight schedules can be affected by mountain weather and fog.