Aerosucre S.A. is a cargo airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It began operation in 1969 and operates scheduled international and domestic cargo services throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Its home base is El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. Aerosucre has been involved in a number of accidents and incidents during its lifetime, and , internet videos have emerged showcasing reckless behavior by its pilots.

In 2025, the airline began speeding up the retirement of the Boeing 727-100. On December 18, 2025, the airline was reported to have retired two of its Boeing 737-200s and one was inactive. The accident of HK-5216 caused the airline to retire the Boeing 727.

Destinations

As per the airline's website:

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!Country

!City

!Airport

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|Aruba||Oranjestad||Queen Beatrix International Airport||

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|rowspan=10|Colombia||Barranquilla||Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport||

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|Bogotá||El Dorado International Airport||

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|Cali||Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport||

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|Cartagena||Rafael Núñez International Airport||align=center|

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|Inírida||César Gaviria Trujillo Airport||align=center|

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|Leticia||Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport||align=center|

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|Medellín||José María Córdova International Airport||

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|Mitú||Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport||align=center|

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|Puerto Carreño||Germán Olano Airport||align=center|

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|San Andrés||Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport||

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|Curaçao||Willemstad||Curaçao International Airport||align=center|

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|Dominican Republic||Santo Domingo||Las Américas International Airport||align=center|

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|Ecuador||Quito||Mariscal Sucre International Airport||align=center|

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|El Salvador||San Salvador||El Salvador International Airport||align=center|

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|Guatemala||Guatemala City||La Aurora International Airport||align=center|

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|Panama||Panama City||Tocumen International Airport||align=center|

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|rowspan=2|Venezuela||Caracas||Simón Bolívar International Airport||align=center|

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|Maracaibo||La Chinita International Airport||align=center|

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|}

Fleet

As of December 2025, Aerosucre operates the following aircraft:

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!Aircraft

!In <br> service

!Orders

!Notes

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|Boeing 737-300BDSF

|2

|&mdash;

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|Boeing 737-400SF

|3

|&mdash;

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!Total

!5 In 1995, the company was cited by the Colombian government for flying at weights above their planes' specified maximum takeoff weights, and in 2005, inspectors found two planes flying while more than overweight. Aerosucre has had a history of transporting passengers despite being unauthorized to do so by the Colombian government. Following a 20 June 1991 crash that killed two, passengers reported that they had been forced to lie down on the floor of the plane because the aircraft had no seats. Two crew members were on board.

  • On 5 November 1989, a Handley Page Herald 401 (registered HK-2702) en route from Bogotá to Cali crashed into a mountain near the town of Roncesvalles, Tolima, during poor weather. All six occupants were killed.
  • On 1 May 1995, a Boeing 727-100 (registered HK-1717) descended below the glide slope on approach to Taguatinga Airport, Brazil, touching down before the runway threshold.
  • On 25 June 1997, the same aircraft, HK-1717, crossed the threshold of runway 31 at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, after having aborted takeoff. All occupants were unharmed,
  • On 18 November 2006, a Boeing 727-200 (registered HK-3667X) on a cargo flight from Bogotá to Leticia crashed on approach to Leticia when it hit a television antenna. The three crew members and two passengers were killed.
  • On 20 December 2016, Aerosucre Flight 157, a Boeing 727-200 (registered HK-4544)
  • On 21 August 2021, a Boeing 737-230 (registered HK-5026) had to make an emergency landing back to Mitú, since the cargo door had opened in flight after taking off from Mitú.
  • On 10 November 2024, a Boeing 727-200(F) (registered HK-5216) en route to Valencia, Venezuela, experienced a serious incident after it clipped a localizer array on departure from runway 14L at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. The aircraft returned to the airport approximately one hour later, landing on runway 14R without further incident.
  • On 12 December 2025, the same aircraft, a Boeing 727-200(F) (registered HK-5216) on a flight from Barranquilla to Bogota, returned to Barranquilla due to a problem with the left main gear. The plane touched down with the left wing on the runway and suffered substantial damage to the left wing.Following this, all 727s were retired from Aerosucre.

See also

  • List of airlines of Colombia

References