CCS
Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport
Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (IATA: CCS, ICAO: SVMI) is a large airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira State, Venezuela. It opened in 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft). It is operated by National Institute of Civil Aviation. In 2018 it handled 3.9 million passengers.
Timeline
5 events · 1945–19801945
OpenedMaiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport opens.
12 DEC 1968
DisasterPan Am Flight 217.51 killed
03 DEC 1969
DisasterAir France Flight 212 (1969).62 killed
03 MAR 1978
Disaster1978 LAV HS 748 accident.47 killed
03 NOV 1980
DisasterLatin Carga Convair CV-880 crash.4 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap10/28088° / 268° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09/27076° / 256° · LIT · SLOPE 1.3%
LENGTH3,027 m9,930 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2004–20186.8M
7.0M
7.4M
17.8M
25.7M
15.2M
19.3M
17.3M
18.0M
21.9M
12.0M
3.9M
040506070809101112131418
Routes
42 destinations · 18 countriesYear-round41
LRVLos Roques AirportVenezuela · AeroCaribe, SASCA, Conviasa154 km96 miBLAGeneral José Antonio Anzoategui International AirportVenezuela · LASER Airlines, Conviasa, Avior Airlines257 km160 miBRMJacinto Lara International AirportVenezuela · Avior Airlines266 km165 miAGVOswaldo Guevara Mujica AirportVenezuela · Conviasa272 km169 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · LASER Airlines, Avior Airlines278 km173 miSFDSan Fernando de Apure Las Flecheras National AirportVenezuela · Conviasa306 km190 miCUMAntonio José de Sucre AirportVenezuela · Conviasa313 km194 miPMVDel Caribe Santiago Mariño International AirportVenezuela · Venezolana, Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines +2332 km206 miLSPJosefa Camejo International AirportVenezuela · Conviasa, Avior Airlines369 km229 miBNSBarinas AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, Conviasa417 km259 miVLVDr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño AirportVenezuela · Conviasa418 km260 miMUNJosé Tadeo Monagas International AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines, Conviasa431 km268 miMRDAlberto Carnevalli AirportVenezuela · Conviasa509 km316 miMARLa Chinita International AirportVenezuela · Venezolana, Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines +2518 km322 miPZOGeneral Manuel Carlos Piar International AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines, Conviasa +1531 km330 miPYHCacique Aramare AirportVenezuela · Conviasa558 km347 miVIGJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonso AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines, Conviasa +1558 km347 miPOSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · Caribbean Airlines618 km384 miLFRLa Fria AirportVenezuela · LASER Airlines, Conviasa636 km395 miSTDMayor Buenaventura Vivas International AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, LASER Airlines, Conviasa649 km403 miCAJCanaima AirportVenezuela · Conviasa666 km414 miSVZJuan Vicente Gómez International AirportVenezuela · Aerolíneas Estelar, Conviasa672 km418 miSVDArgyle International AirportSt. Vincent & Grenadines · Conviasa696 km432 miBGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Conviasa861 km535 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Air Century898 km558 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Air Century, LASER Airlines917 km570 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Wingo, Avianca, LATAM Airlines Colombia +21,026 km638 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Wingo, Avior Airlines1,050 km652 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Venezolana, Aerolíneas Estelar, Copa Airlines1,368 km850 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · Aeroregional1,732 km1,076 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Conviasa2,139 km1,329 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, LASER Airlines2,194 km1,363 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Conviasa2,419 km1,503 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Conviasa3,577 km2,223 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,640 km2,262 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos4,394 km2,730 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal6,502 km4,040 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Aerolíneas Estelar, Iberia, Air Europa +17,006 km4,353 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines9,704 km6,030 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways12,265 km7,621 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Conviasa16,235 km10,088 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CCS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
31 airlines · destinations from CCSHub airlines7
V0Conviasa25QLLASER Airlines13VEJAero EjecutivosVHAeropostal Alas de VenezuelaR7Aserca Airlines—Latin CargaT9TranscargaPassenger20
ESAerolíneas Estelar109VAvior Airlines10VNVenezolana3Y2Air Century2TPTAP Air Portugal2P5Wingo2—AeroCaribe1
6GAeroregional1UXAir Europa1—American Eagle1AVAvianca1BWCaribbean Airlines1CMCopa Airlines1G3Gol Transportes Aéreos1IBIberia14CLATAM Airlines Colombia1QRQatar Airways1—SASCA1
TKTurkish Airlines1UAUnited Airlines1Former hub of Avensa, Linea Aeropostal Venezolana, Línea Turística Aereotuy, SBA Airlines, Sol América, VIASA and Vensecar Internacional.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from CCS. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
7 channelsAPPMAIQUETIA APP120.100
ATISATIS132.950
CLDCLD119.500
DEPMAIQUETIA DEP120.100
GNDGND121.900
RDOMAIQUETIA RDO130.100
TWRMAIQUETIA TWR118.400