MARSVMC

La Chinita International Airport

Maracaibo, Venezuela · Latin America

Latin America America/Caracas

12direct destinations

13airlines

2runways

3,000 mLongest runway

1969opened

La Chinita International Airport (IATA: MAR, ICAO: SVMC) is an international airport serving Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia State, Venezuela. It is located southwest of Maracaibo proper in the municipality of San Francisco. La Chinita is Venezuela's second most important airport in terms of passenger and aircraft movements, after Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas.

Location

10.558°N, 71.729°O · 73 m s. n. m. (239 ft)

General data

CountryVenezuela

CityMaracaibo

IATA codeMAR

ICAO codeSVMC

Coordinates10.558°N, 71.729°O

Elevation73 m s. n. m. (239 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Caracas

Runways2

Longest runway3,000 m

Opened1969

Direct destinations12

Official website

Runways · 2

03L/21R

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

03R/21L

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.900

Ground

121.900

Approach

120.200MARACAIBO APP

Flight information

132.000MARACAIBO RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

This airport construction was accelerated due to the accident of Viasa Flight 742 on 16 March 1969, resulting in the death of 155 people and the closure of Grano de Oro Airport, which is located too close to the city centre and surrounded by neighborhoods.

Airlines operating here · 13

Other airlines with direct routes

Conviasa Aerolíneas Estelar LASER Airlines Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Aeroregionalcharter Air Century American Eagle Avianca Avior Airlines Copa Airlines RUTACA Airlines Turpial Airlines Venezolana

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). La Chinita International Airport (MAR). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR

MLA

“La Chinita International Airport (MAR).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “La Chinita International Airport (MAR).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) La Chinita International Airport (MAR). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mar,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{La Chinita International Airport (MAR)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAR}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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