Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport

Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
Aeropuerto Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo
IATA: VIG – ICAO: SVVG VIG Location of airport in Venezuela
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Location	El Vigía, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	249 ft / 76 m
Coordinates	08°37′27″N 071°40′22″W / 8.62417°N 71.67278°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,250 10,645 Asphalt

Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport (IATA: VIG, ICAO: SVVG), is an airport in El Vigía, Venezuela. It opened in 1991, and was named for the Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (1903–1979).^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aserca Airlines	Caracas
Conviasa	Caracas, Porlamar
Laser Airlines	Caracas

Notes

1. Though often misspelled Alfonso, the correct name is Alfonzo, as confirmed by the photo and other official sources^{[1][2][3][4][5]} and the majority of reliable references.

References

1. "Colección: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Gobierno Bolivariana de Venezuela (gob.ve). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
2. "IUTEPAL Extensión Maracaibo". Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (IUTEPAL). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
3. "Escuela Privada Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
4. "En 1979 falleció el padre de la OPEP: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
5. "The launch of the book 'The Petroleum Pentagon'". Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Retrieved February 23, 2016.

External links

• Airport information for SVVG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.