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.
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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 / 10.47917°N 68.07222°W | ||||||||||
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.svg)  PBL Location of the airport in Venezuela | |||||||||||
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History
editThe 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 2010s to improve the airport, resulting in reopenings for commercial airline use in 2014 and 2017.[5][6][7]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Albatros Airlines | Caracas |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Airport information for PBL at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Carnaval y Aeropuerto (93560) | Notitarde.com". web.archive.org. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "AIAM | AIAM". web.archive.org. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Aeropuerto de Puerto Cabello quedó solo para vuelos privados | El Diario de Caracas". web.archive.org. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Reinaugurado el aeropuerto "Bartolomé Salom" (2118263) | Notitarde.com". web.archive.org. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Iniciaron Operaciones en el Aeropuerto "General Bartolomé Salom" | Correo del Orinoco". web.archive.org. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Los Leones dicen presente... repotenciados". El Universal (in Spanish). 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
External links
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