Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport
| Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport | |||||||||||
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  VLV | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Location | Valera, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,893 ft / 577 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°20′27″N 070°35′03″W / 9.34083°N 70.58417°W | ||||||||||
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Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport, (IATA: VLV, ICAO: SVVL), formerly Known as Antonio Nicolas Briceno National Airport is the main Trujillo state airport in the Venezuelan Andes, located on Avenida Principal La Hoyada in the municipality of Carvajal, just outside Valera.
The new SAET Director, Anibal Villegas, has made improvements to the airport, including new fuel storage tanks.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Conviasa | Caracas |
| Avior Airlines | Caracas |
State airline Conviasa serves Flights to Caracas.
On December 29, 2012, during a press conference, executives of Avior Airlines, announced it will reopen flights to this destination, being operated by the subsidiary Avior Regional with two daily flights from Caracas from 1 April 2013.
Then on April 7, again during a press conference at the VIP Lounge, Avior Airlines managers announced postponement of the opening date to Monday, June 15 of the same year.
Services
Currently the colonel Antonio Nicolas Briceno Airport offers the following services:
- Wi-Fi Zone
- Danoi Restaurant Airport
- VIP Salon
- Taxi Line
- Parking Day
Former Operators
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IAACA Airlines
Incidents
- Flight 2197: On August 13, 2012 one ATR 72-212, belonging to Conviasa, with 70 people on board (67 passengers and 3 crew), In Full Career Takeoff At Moment Speed of No Return received a warning that forced the pilot to brake suddenly and due to limited length of the runway, he had to divert into some bushes, ending very close to a ravine. The passengers walked off the plane on their own and made their way back to the airport. There was strong fuel odor. This incident resulted in 1 unharmed person and 69 others that sustained minor injuries. The aircraft suffered damage on its fuselage.
External links
- Airport information for SVVL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.