| Los Roques Airport Aeropuerto Los Roques | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Los Roques archipelago | ||||||||||
| Location | Gran Roque island, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°56′45″N 66°40′15″W / 11.94583°N 66.67083°W / 11.94583; -66.67083 | ||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM | |||||||||||
Los Roques Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Los Roques) (IATA: LRV, ICAO: SVRS) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Caracas.
The runway was extended 300 metres in 2023, by means of a controversial landfill in the eastern shore of the airport. Air traffic was controlled remotely from Simón Bolívar International Airport, but since 2023 the airport has a mobile air traffic control tower.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AeroCaribe Airlines | Caracas |
| Airway Línea Aérea | Caracas |
| Blue Star Aviation | Caracas |
| Conviasa | Caracas |
| SASCA Airlines | Caracas |
Accidents
- 4 January 2008 (2008-01-04): a Transaven Let L-410 Turbolet crashed into the ocean while on a scheduled domestic flight from Caracas, Venezuela, to Los Roques, killing all 14 on board.
- 4 January 2013 (2013-01-04): a Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crashed into the ocean while on a domestic flight from Los Roques to Caracas, killing all 6 people on board, including Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni.
See also
References
- Airport information for LRV at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
- OurAirports - Los Roques
- SkyVector - Los Roques
- "Aeropuertos - Pistas: Los Roques (Gran Roque) - SVRS" (official info about SVRS from the Venezuelan authorities) (in Spanish)
- "Noticias: Rehabilitación de la pista de Los Roques va por la mitad." VolarEnVenezuela.com, 19 June 2007. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (in Spanish)
- "Accidentes Aéreos: Cae al Mar el YV2081, LET-410 en Los Roques el 4-1-2008", VolarEnVenezuela.com, 4 January 2008. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (in Spanish)
- Aerial picture of the airport and island
- Accident history for LRV at Aviation Safety Network
