Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)

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Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia
Aeropuerto de Maiquetia
Maiquetiaairport.jpg
IATA: CCS – ICAO: SVMI
CCS is located in Venezuela
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Location of airport in Venezuela
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner IAAM
Operator Instituto Autónomo del Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía
Serves Caracas
Location Caracas
Hub for Conviasa
Elevation AMSL 235 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 10°36′11″N 066°59′26″W / 10.60306°N 66.99056°W / 10.60306; -66.99056Coordinates: 10°36′11″N 066°59′26″W / 10.60306°N 66.99056°W / 10.60306; -66.99056
Website http://aeropuerto-maiquetia.com.ve
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 11,483 3,500 Asphalt
09/27 9,930 3,027 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Total passengers 9,506,835

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar) is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Venezuela, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) from downtown Caracas.

Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, it is the top international air passenger gateway to Venezuela among the twelve international airports in the country. From 1960 to 1997 it was the main hub for VIASA, Venezuela's former flag carrier till the air carrier went bankrupt.

It handles flights to many important cities in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.

Since 2000 the airport has been undergoing major changes in order to meet international standards and to improve passenger traffic, security, immigration areas and customs areas. Security measures have become top priority since the 9/11 events, and now departure areas and arrival areas are completely split into the lower and upper levels of the airport. As part of an expansion plan new international gates are currently in construction and a section of the parking area has been cleared to build an airport hotel.

Maiquetia airport has two terminals: Domestic (D) and international (I).

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[edit] Statistics

Movements 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
National 6.991.277 5.277.907 4.863.991 4.559.247 4.621.254 3.781.682 3.547.602
International 4.869.271 3.552.781 3.909.470 4.081.752 3.668.783 3.251.037 3.224.981
Total 11.860.548 8.830.688 8.773.461 8.722.268 8.373.053 7.032.719 6.772.583
Source: IAIM
View of the airport from the Domestic Terminal. A few local airliners can be seen

[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations

Non-stop international destinations as of April 2011

D represent Domestic Terminal. I represent International Terminal.

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Ezeiza I
Aeroméxico Mexico City I
Aeropostal Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz D
Air Canada Toronto-Pearson I
Air Europa Madrid
Seasonal: Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife-South		 I
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle I
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino I
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK, San Juan I
Aserca Airlines Barcelona, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Santo Domingo, Valencia D
Aserca Airlines operated by PAWA Dominicana Aruba, Punta Cana I
Avianca Bogotá I
Avior Airlines Barcelona, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz D
Avior Airlines Aruba, Curaçao I
Caribbean Airlines Port of Spain I
Conviasa Barcelona, Barinas, Canaima, El Vigía, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ayacucho, Puerto Ordaz, Santo Domingo, San Tomé, Valera D
Conviasa Bogotá, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Damascus, Havana, Madrid I
Copa Airlines Panama City I
Copa Airlines Colombia Bogotá, Medellín-Córdova I
Cubana de Aviación Havana I
Delta Air Lines Atlanta I
Dutch Antilles Express Curaçao I
Iberia Madrid I
Insel Air Curaçao I
LAN Airlines Guayaquil, Miami, Santiago de Chile I
LAN Perú Lima I
LASER Airlines El Vigía, Porlamar, Santo Domingo D
LASER Airlines Aruba I
Línea Turística Aereotuy Los Roques D
Lufthansa Frankfurt I
RUTACA Airlines Barinas, Ciudad Bolívar, Maturin, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Antonio del Táchira, Santo Domingo D
SBA Airlines Las Piedras D
SBA Airlines Guayaquil, Miami, Panama City, Quito, Tenerife-North I
TACA Airlines operated by Lacsa San José de Costa Rica I
TACA Perú Lima I
TAM Airlines São Paulo-Guarulhos I
TAP Portugal Funchal, Lisbon, Porto I
Varig operated by Gol Airlines Aruba, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos I
United Airlines Houston-Intercontinental
Seasonal: Newark		 I
Venezolana Cumaná, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar D
Venezolana Aruba, Panama City, Santo Domingo I

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Other facilities

The headquarters of Conviasa is located on the airport grounds.[1]

[edit] Notable accidents

  • On 27 November, 1956, a Linea Aeropostal Flight 253, a Lockheed Constellation, crashed while on final approach to Caracas Airport. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed.[2]
  • On 12 December, 1968, Pan Am Flight 217, crashed while on approach to Caracas. All 51 passengers and crew on board were killed.
  • On 4 December, 1969, Air France Flight 212 crashed shortly after takeoff from Simón Bolívar International Airport. All 62 passengers and crew on board were killed.[3]

[edit] See also

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Portal icon Aviation portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sede Principal
  2. ^ ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749-79 Constellation YV-C-AMA Caracas Airport
  3. ^ ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328B F-BHSZ Caracas-Simon Bolivar Airport

[edit] External links

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