La Chinita International Airport

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La Chinita International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional La Chinita
La Chinita International Airport.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorGovernment
Serves Maracaibo
Location San Francisco, Zulia
Opened16 November 1969;55 years ago (1969-11-16)
Hub for Venezolana
Focus city for Conviasa
Elevation  AMSL 235 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 10°33′30″N71°43′40″W / 10.55833°N 71.72778°W / 10.55833; -71.72778
Map
Venezuela location map (+claimed).svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
MAR
Location of the airport in Venezuela
La Chinita International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
03L/21R3,0009,843concrete
03R/21L2,5008,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Passenger movements2,848,677
Sources:, [1] WAD, [2] Google Maps [3]

La Chinita International Airport( IATA : MAR, ICAO : SVMC) is an international airport serving Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia State, Venezuela. It is located southwest of Maracaibo proper in the municipality of San Francisco. La Chinita is Venezuela's second most important airport in terms of passenger and aircraft movements, after Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas.

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History

This airport construction was accelerated due to the accident of Viasa Flight 742 on 16 March 1969, resulting in the death of 155 people and the closure of Grano de Oro Airport, where the airport is located too close to the city centre and surrounded neighbourhoods. [4] The airport opened on 16 November 1969, during the administration of President Rafael Caldera, to open a gateway to the western part of the country and to alleviate congestion from Simón Bolívar International Airport, which manages about half of the international flights in Venezuela.[ citation needed ]

Facilities

Runway 03L/21R length does not include a 300 metres (980 ft) paved overrun on the north end. The Maracaibo VORTAC (Ident: MAR) is located 0.81 nautical miles (1.50 km) northeast of the threshold of Runway 21R. [5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Avior Airlines Caracas, Santa Barbara del Zulia
Conviasa Caracas, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz
LASER Airlines Caracas
RUTACA Airlines Caracas
SATENA Cúcuta [6]
Turpial Airlines Valencia (VE)
Venezolana Caracas, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Aerosucre Bogotá [7]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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References

  1. Dirección de Operaciones
  2. World Data Aero [usurped]
  3. Google Maps - La Chinita
  4. 1960 diagram
  5. MAR VOR
  6. "SATENA Sep 2024 Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. "Rutas". Aerosucre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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