Tomás de Heres Airport
Airport in Venezuela
CBL
Location in Venezuela
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
m | ft | ||
07/25 | 1,785 | 5,856 | Asphalt |
12/30 | Closed[1] |
Sources: Google Maps[2] GCM[3]
Tomás de Heres Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres, (IATA: CBL, ICAO: SVCB)) is an airport serving Ciudad Bolívar, the capital of the Bolívar state of Venezuela.
The airport is named in honor of Tomás de Heres, a hero of Latin American independence and governor of Venezuela's former Guayana Province.
The airport serves as a maintenance base for RUTACA Airlines.
The Ciudad Bolivar VOR-DME (Ident: CBL) is located on the field.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
RUTACA Airlines | Caracas |
Transmandu | Charter: Santa Elena de Uairén, Porlamar |
Accidents and incidents
- On 25 January 2001, RUTACA Airlines Flight 225, operated by Douglas DC-3C YV-224-C crashed at Ciudad Bolívar killing all 24 on board plus one person on the ground. Another person on the ground was seriously injured. There were unconfirmed reports that a 25th person may have been on board the aircraft. The aircraft was on a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tomás de Heres Airport to Del Caribe "Santiago Mariño" International Airport, Porlamar and had developed an engine problem shortly after take-off.[5][6]
See also
- Transport in Venezuela
- List of airports in Venezuela
References
External links
- OurAirports - Tomás de Heres
- SkyVector - Tomás de Heres
- OpenStreetMap - Ciudad Bolivar
- Accident history for CBL at Aviation Safety Network
Media related to Tomás de Heres Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
- Caracas
- Anaco
- Cabimas
- Caicara del Orinoco
- Casigua
- Calabozo
- Carora
- Carúpano
- Charallave
- Ciudad Bolívar
- Coro
- Elorza
- Guanare
- Guasdualito
- Guasipati
- Güiria
- Higuerote
- Icabarú
- Kamarata
- La Orchila
- Maracay
- Ocumare del Tuy
- Parai-tepuí
- Puerto Ayacucho
- Puerto Páez
- San Carlos
- San Juan de los Morros
- Puerto Cabello
- Pedernales
- San Cristóbal
- Palmarito
- Santa Bárbara
- San Felipe
- San Fernando de Apure
- San Tomé
- Tucupita
- Tumeremo
- Uonquén
- Valle de la Pascua
This Venezuela-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
This article about an airport in Venezuela is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e