La Chinita International Airport

La Chinita International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional La Chinita
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Government
Location Maracaibo
Elevation AMSL 235 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 10°33′30″N 71°43′40″W / 10.55833°N 71.72778°W / 10.55833; -71.72778
Map
MAR
Location of the airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03L/21R 3,000 9,843 concrete
03R/21L 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Passengers movement 2,848,677
Sources: Fuentes[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3]

La Chinita International Airport (IATA: MAR, ICAO: SVMC) is an airport serving Maracaibo, in the Zulia state of Venezuela. La Chinita is Venezuela's second most important airport in terms of passenger and aircraft movements, after Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas.

History

The airport opened on 16 November 1969, during the administration of President of Venezuela 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. The earlier airport was Grano de Oro (1960 diagram)

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.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
American Airlines Miami
Aruba Airlines Aruba
Conviasa Caracas, Porlamar
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
Estelar Latinoamerica Caracas, Miami
LASER Airlines Caracas
Turpial Airlines Valencia (VE)
Venezolana Caracas, Panama City–Tocumen

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amerijet InternationalMiami

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dirección de Operaciones
  2. ↑ World Data Aero
  3. ↑ Google Maps - La Chinita
  4. ↑ MAR VOR
  5. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.


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