La Chinita International Airport

La Chinita International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional La Chinita
IATA: MAR – ICAO: SVMC
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
ft m
03L/21R 3,000 Concrete
03R/21L 2,500 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.

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)

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

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aeropostal Caracas Domestic
Aeropostal Panama City–Tocumen [5] International
American Airlines Miami[6] International
Aruba Airlines Aruba International
Aserca Airlines Barcelona (VE), Caracas, Puerto Ordaz, Valencia Domestic
Avior Airlines Aruba, Curaçao, Panama City–Tocumen[7] International
Conviasa Caracas, Porlamar Domestic
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen[8] International
Insel Air Curaçao International
Insel Air Aruba Aruba International
Laser Airlines Caracas Domestic
Laser Airlines Aruba International
Venezolana Caracas, Maturin, Porlamar Domestic
Venezolana Aruba, Cartagena,[9] Medellin-JMC,[10] Panama City–Tocumen, Santo Domingo[11] International

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. ↑ https://twitter.com/AeropostalVE/status/770280432738926592
  6. ↑ American Airlines
  7. ↑ Avior Airlines launches Panama City - Maracaibo flights
  8. ↑ Copa Airlines
  9. ↑ Venezolana abrira vuelos a Cartagena
  10. ↑ Venezolana abrira vuelos a Medellin
  11. ↑ Venezolana launches Santo Domingo - Maracaibo flights
  12. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.

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