Santa Elena de Uairén Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Santa Elena de Uairén) (IATA: SNV, ICAO: SVSE) is an airport serving Santa Elena de Uairén, a city in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. The runway is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) south of the city, and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Brazilian border.
Santa Elena de Uairén Airport Aeropuerto de Santa Elena de Uairén | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Santa Elena de Uairén, Venezuela | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,939 ft / 896 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°33′15″N 061°08′35″W / 4.55417°N 61.14306°W | ||||||||||
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.svg)  SNV Location of airport in Venezuela | |||||||||||
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The airport was under renovation in 2008[4] and it was re-opened on 29 April 2009 by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Airport information for SVSE[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for SNV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Google Maps - Santa Elena
- ^ "Aeropuerto de Santa Elena listo para su inauguración" (in Spanish). Gobernación del Estado Bolívar. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
External links
edit- OurAirports - Santa Elena
- SkyVector - Santa Elena
- OpenStreetMap - Santa Elena
- Accident history for SNV at Aviation Safety Network
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