- Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)
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Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia
Aeropuerto de Maiquetia
IATA: CCS – ICAO: SVMI Location of airport in Venezuela
CCSSummary 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°WCoordinates: 10°36′11″N 066°59′26″W / 10.60306°N 66.99056°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 11,483 3,500 Asphalt 09/27 9,930 3,027 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Total passengers 8,830,688 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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Statistics
- Passenger traffic
- 2005: 7,079,634
- 2006[1]: 6,772,583
- 2007[1]: 8,357,446
- 2008: 8,722,295
- 2009: 8,773,461
- 2010: 8,830,688
View of the airport from the Domestic Terminal. A few local airliners can be seen
Terminals, airlines and destinations
Non-stop international destinations as of April 2011D represent Domestic Terminal. I represent International Terminal.
Airlines Destinations Terminal Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Ezeiza I Aeroméxico Mexico City I Aeropostal Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturin, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Valencia D Aeropostal Port of Spain I Air Canada Toronto-Pearson I Air Europa Madrid
Seasonal: Santiago de CompostelaI 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, Curaçao, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo I Avianca Bogotá I Avior Airlines Barcelona, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Valencia D Avior Airlines Aruba, Curaçao I Caribbean Airlines Port of Spain I Continental Airlines Houston-Intercontinental
Seasonal: NewarkI 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, Guayaquil, 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 Gol Airlines operated by Varig Aruba, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos 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 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, Madrid, 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 Venezolana Cumaná, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar D Venezolana Aruba, Panama City, Santo Domingo I Cargo airlines
- ABSA Cargo Airline
- Amerijet
- Capital Cargo International Airlines
- Centurion Air Cargo
- Cielos del Peru
- DHL Aviation
- Tampa Cargo
- UPS
- Vensecar International
- ABX Air
- Star Airways
Other facilities
The headquarters of Conviasa is located on the airport grounds.[2]
See also
- List of Venezuelan Airlines
- Los Roques Airport – an airport serving Los Roques archipelago national park, remotely controlled from Simón Bolívar International Airport
References
- ^ a b Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar ::::
- ^ "Sede Principal." Conviasa. Retrieved on September 13, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Airport information for SVMI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Categories:- Vargas (state)
- Airports in Venezuela
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