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.