Los Roques Airport
Los Roques Airport Aeropuerto Los Roques | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Los Roques archipelago | ||||||||||
| Location | Gran Roque island, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°56′45″N 66°40′15″W / 11.94583°N 66.67083°W | ||||||||||
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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 kilometres (81 mi) north of Caracas.
The runway was repaved in 2007. Air traffic is controlled remotely from Simón Bolívar International Airport.
The Gran Roque VOR-DME (Ident: LRS) is located on the field.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AeroCaribe Airlines | Caracas |
| Albatros Airlines | Caracas |
| Conviasa | Caracas |
Incidents and accidents
- On 4 January 2008 at 14:08 UTC a Transaven airlines Let L-410UVP-E3 on a scheduled domestic flight from Caracas, to Los Roques Airport, crashed into the ocean.[4] See: 2008 Los Roques archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash
- The 2013 Venezuela Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash happened after a Transaereo 5074 airlines airplane took off from Los Roques towards Caracas Airport, crashing into the ocean a few miles from Los Roques Airport, killing all 6 occupants.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Airport information for LRV at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Los Roques
- ^ LRS VOR
- ^ "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. Template:Es icon
- ^ Accident history for LRV at Aviation Safety Network
External links
- OurAirports - Los Roques
- SkyVector - Los Roques
- OpenStreetMap - Gran Roque
- "Aeropuertos - Pistas: Los Roques (Gran Roque) - SVRS" (official info about SVRS from the Venezuelan authorities) Template:Es icon
- "Noticias: Rehabilitación de la pista de Los Roques va por la mitad." VolarEnVenezuela.com, 19 June 2007. Link accessed 2008-1-5. Template:Es icon
- "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. Template:Es icon
- Aerial picture of the airport and island
