VLN

Arturo Michelena International Airport

ICAO SVVA10.1497°N 67.9284°W430 m / 1,411 ftLarge airport
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Arturo Michelena International Airport (IATA: VLN, ICAO: SVVA) is a large airport in Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela. It opened on 29 Sep 1986. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1986–1986
29 SEP 1986
OpenedArturo Michelena International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
10/28093° / 273° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

9 destinations · 4 countries
Year-round9
MARLa Chinita International AirportVenezuela · Turpial Airlines418 km260 miPMVDel Caribe Santiago Mariño International AirportVenezuela · Turpial Airlines, Conviasa441 km274 miSVZJuan Vicente Gómez International AirportVenezuela · Turpial Airlines, Conviasa558 km347 miPZOGeneral Manuel Carlos Piar International AirportVenezuela · Turpial Airlines, Conviasa604 km375 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Wingo, Turpial Airlines, Avianca915 km569 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · Turpial Airlines936 km582 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Air Century937 km582 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Air Century940 km584 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Turpial Airlines, Copa Airlines1,262 km784 mi
Most destinationsTurpial Airlines 7Conviasa 3Air Century 2Wingo 1Avianca 1Copa Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VLN. From the Wikipedia article “Arturo Michelena International Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =56 South America · =9 VEElevation430 m1,411 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,747of 43,341 · =2,745 South America · #60 VEAgeOpened 19862026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,009of 15,079 · =136 South America · #6 VERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =11 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

4 channels
ATISATIS127.800
GNDGND121.900
RDOVALENCIA RDO132.000
TWRVALENCIA TWR118.900