La Chinita International Airport

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.

La Chinita International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional La Chinita
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorGovernment
LocationMaracaibo
Elevation AMSL235 ft / 72 m
Coordinates10°33′30″N 71°43′40″W
Map
MAR
Location of the airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03L/21R 3,000 9,843 concrete
03R/21L 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Passengers movement2,848,677
Sources: Fuentes[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3]

History

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)

Facilities

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
AirlinesDestinations
Avior Airlines Bogotá, Caracas
Conviasa Caracas, Porlamar
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
Estelar Latinoamerica Caracas
LASER Airlines Caracas
Turpial Airlines Valencia (VE)
Venezolana Caracas, Panama City–Tocumen

Accidents and incidents
  • On 1 November 1971, Vickers Viscount YV-C-AMZ of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana crashed shortly after take-off. All four people on board were killed.[5]

See also

References
  1. Dirección de Operaciones
  2. World Data Aero
  3. Google Maps - La Chinita
  4. MAR VOR
  5. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.



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