Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
Airport in El Vigía, Venezuela
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Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport (IATA: VIG, ICAO: SVVG) is an airport serving El Vigía, a city in Mérida state in Venezuela. It opened in 1991, and was named for the Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (1903–1979).[A]
Airport typePublic
ElevationAMSL249 ft / 76 m
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport | |||||||||||
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Aeropuerto Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | El Vigía, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 249 ft / 76 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°37′25″N 71°40′25″W | ||||||||||
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.svg)  VIG Location of the airport in Venezuela | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] | |||||||||||
The runway length includes a 490-metre (1,610 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 27.
The El Vigia non-directional beacon (Ident: EVG) is located on the field.[3]
The airport formerly serves international flights to Colombia, Aruba and Curaçao but it was stopped following year.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolineas Estelar | Caracas |
| Aeropostal | Caracas |
| Avior Airlines | Caracas |
| Conviasa | Caracas, Porlamar |
| LASER Airlines | Caracas |
| RUTACA Airlines | Caracas |
