General Bartolomé Salom Airport
Airport
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General Bartolomé Salom Airport (IATA: PBL, ICAO: SVPC) is an airport serving Puerto Cabello, a city in the Carabobo state of Venezuela. The airport is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the city.
General Bartolomé Salom Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Cabello | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 32 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°28′45″N 68°04′20″W | ||||||||||
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.svg)  PBL Location of the airport in Venezuela | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[1] | |||||||||||
History
The airport was established in 1953 as an alternate airport to the Maiquetía International Airport, now Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela), and began operating on December 12, 1967.[2]
On March 20, 1992, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications handed over maintenance of the airport to the government of Carabobo state.[3] In the 1990s, the airport had declined and only operated for private flights.[4] Multiple investments were made in the 2010s to improve the airport, resulting in reopenings for commercial airline use in 2014 and 2017.[5][6][7]
