# Teniente Coronel Rafael Pabón Airport (VLM / SLVM)

**Teniente Coronel Rafael Pabón Airport** (IATA: VLM, ICAO: SLVM) is a medium airport in Villamontes, Tarija Department, Bolivia. It has one runway, 1,499 m (4,918 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/slvm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VLM / SLVM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Villamontes, Tarija Department, Bolivia
- Elevation: 398 m / 1,305 ft
- Coordinates: -21.2552, -63.4056
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,499 m / 4,918 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/La_Paz
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel_Rafael_Pab%C3%B3n_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5242799
- Weather station: SLVM · WMO 85345
- Ident: SLVM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,499 m / 4,918 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Asphalt | 175° / 355° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,499 m / 4,918 ft | =7,297 of 29,858 | =798 in South America | #29 in BO |
| Elevation | 398 m / 1,305 ft | =13,808 of 43,403 | #3,039 in South America | #77 in BO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =5 in BO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | VILLAMONTES RDO | 662.200 |
| TWR | VILLAMONTES TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/slya.md) Yacuiba Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [PY-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/py-0043.md) Base de la Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya "Mayor Infante Rivarola" · 115 km / 71 mi
- [TJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sltj.md) Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport · 138 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/slvm/data