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La Chinita International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional La Chinita
IATA: MAR – ICAO: SVMC
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Government
Location		Maracaibo
Elevation AMSL		235 ft / 72 m
Coordinates		10°33′29″N 71°43′40″W / 10.55806°N 71.72778°W / 10.55806; -71.72778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
02R/20L	8.202	2.500	Asphalt
02L/20R	9.843	3.000	Asphalt

La Chinita International Airport (IATA: MAR, ICAO: SVMC) is an airport located at Maracaibo, Venezuela.

The airport was opened on November 16, 1969, during the government of president Rafael Caldera to open a gate to the western part of the country and alleviate congestion from Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas, which manages about 90% of the international flights in Venezuela.

In fact, the only international destinations from Maracaibo are Aruba, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Curaçao, Miami, and Panama City (served by Copa Airlines since July 2006).

Airlines and destinations

Domestic Flights

International Flights

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.^[9]

References

1. ^ Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela
2. ^ ^{a b} Aserca Airlines
3. ^ Conviasa
4. ^ ^{a b} Venezolana
5. ^ Aires
6. ^ American Airlines
7. ^ Avior Airlines
8. ^ Copa Airlines
9. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711101-0. Retrieved 8 October 2009.  

External links

• La Chinita Airport Main Page
• Airport information for SVMC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.