CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION

Airports

International flights and some domestic air traffic come through the José María Córdova International Airport located about 30 minutes from Medellín in the nearby town of Rionegro. Regional flights operate out of the Olaya Herrera Airport in the city proper.

Metro System and Metrocable

Medellín is the only Colombian city with a metrorail transit system, and was the first city in the world to develop an integrated public transportation system like the “Metrocable” cable car that connects the northeast and northwest sides of the city. Mountainside and low-income communities at last are part of the transit system and can join fully in the life of the city.