It is an airport located to the east of the city of Ibagué - Colombia, 11 kilometers from it. It is the main airport of the department (state) of Tolima.

The Ibagué air terminal is in the phase of becoming an International Airport, where it will be one of the most important in the country; It currently operates frequencies to and from Bogotá (BOG SKBO), Medellín (EOH, SKMD) and Cali (CLO SKCL), as well as cargo and general aviation flights, as well as training flights.

On October 31, 2021, the arrival of an Airbus A 319 jet, attached to Avianca, departed from the Colombian capital and arrived at the Perales de Ibagué airport (SKIB). Flight AV4845 left the capital of the country at 9:46 in the morning and arrived at Perales Airport 21 minutes later, that is, at 10:07. 69 passengers were transferred on the Bogotá-Ibagué route

The return trip was made under the number 4810 and took off at 4:58 pm. 45 passengers were transferred on the Ibagué-Bogotá route; The aircraft that was in charge of that route is registration N694AV, has an age of 7 years and 6 months, and capacity to transport 120 passengers.