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La Chinita International Airport

ICAO SVMC10.5575°N 71.7293°W73 m / 239 ftLarge airport
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La Chinita International Airport
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La Chinita International Airport (IATA: MAR, ICAO: SVMC) is a large airport in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela. It opened on 16 Nov 1969. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,843 ft).

Timeline

2 events · 1969–1991
16 NOV 1969
OpenedLa Chinita International Airport opens.
05 MAR 1991
DisasterAeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108.45 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03L/21R031° / 211° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEPaved
03R/21L031° / 211° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEPaved

Routes

4 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsAvior Airlines 1Avianca 1Venezolana 1American Eagle 1Aerosucre 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MAR. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “La Chinita International Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =52 South America · =7 VEElevation73 m239 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,922of 43,341 · =7,508 South America · =392 VEAgeOpened 19692026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,016of 15,079 · =89 South America · =4 VERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · =1 VE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPMARACAIBO APP120.200
ATISATIS115.700
GNDGND121.900
RDOMARACAIBO RDO132.000
TWRTWR118.900