Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport

Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport
IATA: SVZICAO: SVSA
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves San Antonio del Táchira, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL 1,312 ft / 400 m
Coordinates 7°50′27″N 72°26′24″W / 7.84083°N 72.44000°W / 7.84083; -72.44000
Map
SVZ

Location of airport in Venezuela

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 1,850 6,070 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport (IATA: SVZ, ICAO: SVSA), is an airport serving San Antonio del Táchira, in the Táchira state of Venezuela. In June 1993, it was renamed in honor of the early Venezuelan President Juan Vicente Gómez, who was from Táchira, in a ceremony presided over by interim President Ramón José Velásquez.[3]

The Cucuta VOR-DME (Ident: CUC) is located 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the airport, across the border in Cúcuta, Colombia.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Rutaca Caracas
Venezolana Caracas

See also

References

  1. Airport information for SVZ at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - San Antonio del Táchira
  3. Ellner, Steve (1995), "Venezuelan Revisionist Political History, 1908-1958: New Motives and Criteria for Analyzing the Past", Latin American Research Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 91-121. p100
  4. CUC VOR


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