Los Roques Airport

Los Roques Airport Aeropuerto Los Roques
IATA: LRV – ICAO: SVRS
Summary
Serves		Los Roques archipelago
Location		El Gran Roque island, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL		0 m / 0 ft
Coordinates		11°57.0′N 066°40.2′W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	1,000	3,280	asphalt

Los Roques Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Los Roques) (IATA: LRV, ICAO: SVRS) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some 130 km north of Caracas. It serves small turboprop traffic or STOL aircraft, possessing a 1000 x 26 meters RWY 07/25, which has been recently repaved in the summer of 2007. The airport is remotely controlled from Simón Bolívar International Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeca	Caracas
Aereotuy	Caracas, Porlamar/Margarita Island
Aeroejecutivos	Caracas
Avior Airlines operated the Aereotuy	Caracas
Bluestar Airlines	Caracas
Ciaca	Caracas
Rainbow air	Porlamar/Margarita Island,Caracas
Sasca	Porlamar/Margarita Island
Sol de America	Caracas

Incidents and accidents

Main article: 2008 Transaven Turbolet crash

• On 4 January 2008 at 14:08 UTC a Transaven airlines Let L-410UVP-E3 (registration number YV2081) on a scheduled domestic flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport, serving Caracas, to Los Roques Airport, reported that it had lost power in both engines at 3,000 ft (910 m) and was descending. The aircraft was on a 024 radial heading relative to the airport of departure and 64 nautical miles (119 km) to the north of it. The pilot was to attempt water landing near the coral reef surrounding the Los Roques archipelago. The aircraft was never found, but life vests associated with it were recovered some days later. There were 12 passengers on board and two crew. The remains of one male passenger were found later floating in the water. The passengers were mostly vacationing Italians.

Sources

• "Aeropuertos - Pistas: Los Roques (Gran Roque) - SVRS" (official info about SVRS from the Venezuelan authorities) (Spanish)
• "Noticias: Rehabilitación de la pista de Los Roques va por la mitad." VolarEnVenezuela.com, 19 June 2007. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (Spanish)
• "Accidentes Aéreos: Cae al Mar el YV2081, LET-410 en Los Roques el 4-1-2008", VolarEnVenezuela.com, 4 January 2008. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (Spanish)
• Another aerial picture of the airport and its island