Arturo Michelena International Airport

Arturo Michelena International Airport (IATA: VLN, ICAO: SVVA) is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela, located two hours from Caracas by car. The airport was named after Venezuela's painter Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia.

Arturo Michelena
International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Michelena
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationValencia, Carabobo
Elevation AMSL430 m / 1,411 ft
Coordinates10°09′00″N 67°55′40″W
Websitearturomichelenainternational.com
Map
VLN
Location of the airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The Arturo Michelena International Airport was built by Governor of Carabobo State Oscar Celli 1985–1988.

The first airplane to have performed landing and takeoff from this terminal was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, named "El Margariteño" from Aeropostal.

Among the plans of expansion was to install Jet-Bridge system and build a hotel with the participation of Marriott Hotels. But after Governor Celli left office no one had continued this project. So, basically the main structure remains the same since first day of inauguration.

The Valencia non-directional beacon (Ident: VLC) and VOR-DME (Ident: VAL) are located on the field.[3][4]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Avior Airlines Barcelona (VE), Bogotá, Santo Domingo–Las Americas
Conviasa Porlamar
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
LASER Airlines Porlamar
Turpial Airlines Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Maturín,[5] Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz,[5] Panama City–Tocumen, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo–Las Americas

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Arturo Michelena International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Valencia
  3. VLC NDB
  4. VAL VOR
  5. Liu, Jim. "Turpial Airlines adds new Valencia routes from April 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 May 2019.


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