Los Roques Airport
Los Roques Airport Aeropuerto Los Roques | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Los Roques archipelago | ||||||||||
| Location | Gran Roque island, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft (3.0 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°56′45″N 66°40′15″W / 11.94583°N 66.67083°W | ||||||||||
Interactive map of Los Roques Airport | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[1] | |||||||||||
Los Roques Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Los Roques) (IATA: LRV, ICAO: SVRS) is 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 |
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| Conviasa | Caracas[2] |
Accidents
- 4 January 2008: 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: 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" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Conviasa abre nueva ruta hacia Los Roques: esta será la frecuencia de vuelo -". Fenavi de Venezuela (in Spanish). 16 September 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
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
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