Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport

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Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport

Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport

IATA: VLV
ICAO: SVVL

Summary

Airport type

Public

Location

Valera, Venezuela

Elevation AMSL

1,893 ft / 577 m

Coordinates

9°20′27″N 70°35′03″W / 9.34083°N 70.58417°W

Map

VLV

Location of airport in Venezuela

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
03/21	2,060	6,759	Asphalt

Sources: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2]

Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (IATA: VLV, ICAO: SVVL), formerly known as Antonio Nicolas Briceno National Airport, is the main Trujillo state airport in the Venezuelan Andes, located on Avenida Principal La Hoyada in the municipality of Carvajal, just outside Valera. The airport is named for Antonio Nicolás Briceño (es), a lawyer and officer during the Venezuelan War of Independence.

The runway sits on a broad ridge 65 metres (213 ft) above the city of Valera.

The Valera VOR-DME (Ident: VRA) is located 4.7 nautical miles (8.7 km) off the threshold of Runway 21. The Valera non-directional beacon (Ident: VRA) is located on the field.^[3]^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Conviasa	Caracas

On December 29, 2012, during a press conference, executives of Avior Airlines, announced it will reopen flights to this destination, being operated by the subsidiary Avior Regional with two daily flights from Caracas from 1 April 2013. Then on April 7, again during a press conference at the VIP Lounge, Avior Airlines managers announced postponement of the opening date to Monday, June 15 of the same year.

Services

The new SAET Director, Anibal Villegas, has made improvements to the airport, including new fuel storage tanks. Currently the Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport offers the following services:^{[citation needed]}

Wi-Fi zone
Danoi Restaurant Airport
VIP salon
Taxi line
Parking say

Incidents

Flight 2197: On August 13, 2012 an ATR 72-212, belonging to Conviasa, with 70 people on board (67 passengers and 3 crew), made a high-speed aborted takeoff, resulting in a runway excursion ending very close to a ravine. The passengers walked off the plane on their own and made their way back to the airport. There was strong fuel odor. This incident resulted in one unharmed person and 69 others that sustained minor injuries. The aircraft suffered damage on its fuselage.

References

^ Airport information for Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - Valera
^ VRA VOR
^ VRA NDB

External links

v t e Airports in Venezuela
Major international	Caracas
Minor international	Barcelona (VE) Maracaibo Porlamar Valencia (VE)
Domestic	Acarigua Barinas Barquisimeto Canaima Ciudad Guayana Cumaná El Vigía Isla de Coche La Fría Los Roques Maturín Mérida Punto Fijo San Antonio del Táchira Santa Elena de Uairén Santo Domingo Santa Bárbara del Zulia Valera
Unscheduled	Anaco Cabimas Caicara del Orinoco Casigua Calabozo Carora Carúpano Charallave Ciudad Bolívar Coro Elorza Guanare Guasdualito Guasipati Güiria Higuerote Icabarú Kamarata La Orchila Maracay Ocumare del Tuy Parai-tepuí Puerto Ayacucho Puerto Páez San Carlos San Juan de los Morros Puerto Cabello Pedernales San Cristóbal Palmarito Santa Bárbara San Felipe San Fernando de Apure San Tomé Tucupita Tumeremo Uonquén Valle de la Pascua

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