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{{Short description|Airport serving Maracaibo, Venezuela}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

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| image = La Chinita International Airport.jpg| image-width = 250| IATA = MAR| ICAO = SVMC| type = Public / Military| owner = | operator = Government| city-served = MaracaiboSan Francisco Municipality, Zulia>San Francisco, ZuliaVenezolana| focus_city = Conviasa| elevation-f = 235| elevation-m = 10307140|W}}| pushpin_map = Venezuela| pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = MAR| pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Venezuela| website = | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = y| r1-number = 03L/21R| r1-length-f = | r1-length-m = 3000| r1-surface = concrete| r2-number = 03R/21L| r2-length-f = | r2-length-m = 2500Asphalt concrete>Asphalt| stat-year = 2008| stat1-header = Passenger movements| stat1-data = 2,848,677| stat2-header = | stat2-data = Dirección de Operaciones WAD,{{usurped>1=weblink" title="archive.today/20130217025432weblink">World Data Aero}} Google MapsGoogle Maps - La Chinita}}La Chinita International Airport {{airport codes|MAR|SVMC}} is an international airport serving Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia. It is located southwest of Maracaibo proper in the municipality of San Francisco. La Chinita is Venezuela's second most important airport in terms of passenger and aircraft movements, after Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas.

History

This airport construction was accelerated due to the accident of Viasa Flight 742 on 16 March 1969, resulting in the death of 155 people and the closure of Grano de Oro Airport, where the airport is located too close to the city centre and surrounded neighbourhoods. (1960 diagram)The airport opened on 16 November 1969, during the administration of President 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.

Facilities

Runway 03L/21R length does not include a {{convert|300|m}} paved overrun on the north end. The Maracaibo VORTAC (Ident: MAR) is located {{convert|0.81|nmi|km}} northeast of the threshold of Runway 21R.MAR VOR

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

{{Airport-dest-listAvior Airlines > Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport>Santa Barbara del ZuliaConviasa > Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), José Tadeo Monagas International Airport>Maturín, Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport, Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport>Puerto OrdazCopa Airlines > Panama City–TocumenLASER Airlines > CaracasRUTACA Airlines > Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), Punta Cana International Airport>Punta Cana,HTTPS://WWW.ARECOA.COM/AEROLINEAS/2021/10/28/RUTACA-AIRLINES-ABRIRA-VUELO-MARACAIBO-VENEZUELA-PUNTA-CANA/>TITLE=RUTACA AIRLINES ABRIRá VUELO ENTRE MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA Y PUNTA CANALANGUAGE=ESLas Américas International Airport>Santo Domingo–Las AméricasHTTPS://AVIACIONALDIA.COM/EN/2022/07/RUTACA-AIRLINES-INAUGURATES-A-NEW-ROUTE-MARACAIBO-SANTO-DOMINGO.HTML>TITLE=RUTACA AIRLINES INAUGURATES A NEW ROUTE BETWEEN MARACAIBO AND SANTO DOMINGODATE=11 JULY 2022, July 11, 2022, Turpial Airlines > Valencia (VE)Venezolana > Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), Tocumen International Airport>Panama City–Tocumen, Puerto Ordaz}}

Cargo

{{Airport-dest-listAerosucre > El Dorado International AirportHTTPS://AEROSUCRE.COM.CO/RUTAS/WEBSITE=AEROSUCRE.COMACCESS-DATE=MARCH 7, 2022, Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela){{cn>date=December 2022}}}}

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.WEB,weblink Accident description, Aviation Safety Network, 8 October 2009,
• On March 5, 1991, Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashed in to a nearby mountain soon after takeoff, killing all 45 passenger and crew.WEB, ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YV-23C Valera,weblink 2023-01-26, aviation-safety.net,

See also

• Transport in Venezuela
• List of airports in Venezuela

External links

• {{GCM|MAR}}
• SkyVector - La Chinita
• OurAirports - La Chinita
• OpenStreetMap - La Chinita

References

{{reflist}}{{Airports in Venezuela}}{{authority control}}{{Venezuela-stub}}{{Venezuela-airport-stub}}