Simón Bolívar International Airport

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Simón Bolívar International Airport
IATA: CCS - ICAO: SVMI
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Instituto Autónomo del Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía
Serves Caracas
Elevation AMSL 235 ft (72 m)
Coordinates 10°36′11″N, 066°59′26″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 11,483 3,500 Asphalt
09/27 9,930 3,027 Asphalt

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar), is located in Maiquetía, Venezuela, about 13 miles (21 kilometres) from Caracas city centre, the capital of Venezuela.

Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, this is the most important airport of the twelve international airports in Venezuela. The Simon Bolivar Airport is the main hub for Aeropostal. Since 1960, it had been the main hub for VIASA, Venezuela's former flag carrier that went into bankruptcy in 1997.

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

Since 2000, the Simon Bolivar 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. An on-site hotel is currently being built and is expected to open by the end of 2007.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Passenger Traffic

  • 2005: 7,079,634
  • 2006[1]: 6,772,583
  • 2007[1]: 8,357,446

[edit] Terminals and destinations

[edit] International terminal

[edit] Domestic terminal

View of Simón Bolívar International Airport from the Domestic Terminal. A few local airliners can be seen
View of Simón Bolívar International Airport from the Domestic Terminal. A few local airliners can be seen
  • Aeropostal (Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz)
  • Aserca Airlines (Barcelona, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Antonio del Táchira, Valencia)
  • Avior Airlines (Acarigua, Barcelona, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Canaima, Carúpano, Coro, Cumaná, Maracaibo, Mérida, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Tomé, Valencia, Valera)
  • Conviasa (Barcelona, Barinas, Ciudad Bolívar, Las Piedras, Los Roques, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Ayacucho, San Fernando de Apure, El Vigía)
  • LASER (Porlamar)
  • Rutaca (Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Antonio del Táchira)
  • Santa Bárbara Airlines (Barquisimeto, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Mérida, San Antonio del Táchira, Valencia)
  • Venezolana (Cumaná, Maracaibo)

[edit] Auxiliary terminal

[edit] Cargo

[edit] Previous Routes

  • Aeroperu (Lima) Ceased operation on 10 March 1999
  • British Airways (Bogotá, London-Gatwick) Suspended by BA on 6 February 2005 due to then declining international economy
  • BWIA (Port of Spain, Barbados) Ceased operation in December 2006
  • Continental Airlines (Newark) Reduced frecuency from daily flights to 2 flights on weekends
  • Eastern Air Lines (Miami) Transferred to American Airlines in 1990
  • Ecuatoriana (Quito, Guayaquil, Nassau, Miami) Ceased operation in 2001
  • Iran Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)ended early 2008
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) Now codeshares with Air France
  • Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Bogotá, Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Suspended due to poor finance
  • Pan Am (Miami) Ceased operations on 4 December 1991 due to bankruptcy
  • Saeta (Quito, Guayaquil, Miami) Ceased operation in February 2000
  • United Airlines (Miami) Service ceased on 7 January 2003 because of financial problems
  • VIASA (Bogota, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Guayaquil, Houston-Intercontinental,New York JFK, Lima, Miami, Quito, Rio De Janeiro, São Paulo, Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile, San Juan, Toronto, Frankfurt, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Paris, London) Ceased operation in January 1997

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b :::: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolivar ::::

[edit] External links