Jacinto Lara International Airport

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Jacinto Lara International Airport
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Summary
Airport typeGeneral
OperatorIADAL
Location Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Elevation  AMSL 2,042 ft / 622 m
Coordinates 10°02′34″N069°21′30″W / 10.04278°N 69.35833°W / 10.04278; -69.35833
Website http://iadal.lara.gob.ve/
Map
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BRM
Location of the airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/272,8509,350 Asphalt
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Jacinto Lara International Airport( IATA : BRM, ICAO : SVBM) is an airport in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, named after Venezuelan independence hero Jacinto Lara. It serves the city of Barquisimeto and others such as Acarigua, Yaritagua, and Carora, the main cities in the west-central area of Venezuela.

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It is one of the most important airports of Venezuela, and given its position in Venezuela, it has domestic flights to Caracas and international flights to Caribbean islands such as Hispaniola (to the Dominican Republic) and, formerly, to Curaçao and Aruba, and it had flights in the past to the United States (Barquisimeto is geographically closer to Miami than Caracas is). The airport was inaugurated in 1961; it has one terminal building with two levels, banks, restaurants, stores, taxi services, Wi-Fi service, and other services.

The runway length includes a 470 metres (1,540 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 27.

The Barquisimeto VOR-DME (Ident: BRM) is located on the field. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Avior Airlines Caracas
Conviasa Caracas, Porlamar
Rutaca Airlines Caracas, Curaçao
Venezolana Caracas

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