Arturo Michelena International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Michelena | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Valencia, Carabobo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 430 m / 1,411 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°09′00″N 67°55′40″W / 10.15000°N 67.92778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | arturomichelenainternational | ||||||||||
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Arturo Michelena International Airport (IATA: VLN, ICAO: SVVA) is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela, located two hours from Caracas by car. The airport was named after Venezuela's painter Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia.
The Arturo Michelena International Airport was built by Governor of Carabobo State Oscar Celli 1985–1988.
The first airplane to have performed landing and takeoff from this terminal was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, named "El Margariteño" from Aeropostal.
Among the plans of expansion was to install Jet-Bridge system and build a hotel with the participation of Marriott Hotels. But after Governor Celli left office no one had continued this project. So, basically the main structure remains the same since first day of inauguration.
The Valencia non-directional beacon (Ident: VLC) and VOR-DME (Ident: VAL) are located on the field.[3][4]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Avior Airlines | Barcelona (VE), Bogotá, Santo Domingo–Las Americas |
| Conviasa | Porlamar |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City–Tocumen |
| LASER Airlines | Porlamar |
| Turpial Airlines | Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Maturín,[5] Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz,[5] Panama City–Tocumen, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo–Las Americas |
See also
- Transport in Venezuela
- List of airports in Venezuela
References
- ^ Airport information for Arturo Michelena International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Valencia
- ^ VLC NDB
- ^ VAL VOR
- ^ a b Liu, Jim. "Turpial Airlines adds new Valencia routes from April 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
External links
- Airport information for SVVA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- OurAirports - Valencia
- SkyVector - Valencia Airport
- OpenStreetMap - Valencia