Los Roques Airport

Los Roques Airport
Aeropuerto Los Roques
IATA: LRVICAO: SVRS
Summary
Serves Los Roques archipelago
Location Gran Roque island, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL 0 m / 0 ft
Coordinates 11°56′45″N 066°40′18″W / 11.94583°N 66.67167°W / 11.94583; -66.67167Coordinates: 11°56′45″N 066°40′18″W / 11.94583°N 66.67167°W / 11.94583; -66.67167
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,000 3,280 asphalt

Los Roques Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Los Roques) (IATA: LRV, ICAO: SVRS) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some 130 km north of Caracas. It serves small turboprop traffic or STOL aircraft, possessing a 1000 x 26 meters RWY 07/25, which has been recently repaved in the summer of 2007. The airport is remotely controlled from Simón Bolívar International Airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Los Roques Airlines - New Caracas
Aereotuy Caracas, Porlamar
Aeroejecutivos Caracas
Bluestar Airlines Caracas
Sol América Bonaire
Sundance Air Caracas

Incidents and accidents

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References

  1. Passenger list and accident details: "Accidentes Aéreos: Cae al Mar el YV2081, LET-410 en Los Roques el 4-1-2008", VolarEnVenezuela.com, 4 January 2008. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (Spanish)

Sources

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