VLNSVVA

Arturo Michelena International Airport

Valencia, Venezuela · Latin America

Latin America America/Caracas

10direct destinations

9airlines

1runway

3,000 mLongest runway

1986opened

Arturo Michelena International Airport (IATA: VLN, ICAO: SVVA) is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela. The airport was named after painter Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia. It is a hub for Turpial Airlines and was once a secondary hub for Avior Airlines.

Location

10.150°N, 67.928°O · 430 m s. n. m. (1.411 ft)

General data

CountryVenezuela

CityValencia

IATA codeVLN

ICAO codeSVVA

Coordinates10.150°N, 67.928°O

Elevation430 m s. n. m. (1.411 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Caracas

Runways1

Longest runway3,000 m

Opened1986

Direct destinations10

Official website

Runways · 1

10/28

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width50 m164 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.900VALENCIA TWR

Ground

121.900

ATIS (automatic information)

127.800

Flight information

132.000VALENCIA RDO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 9

Other airlines with direct routes

Turpial Airlines RUTACA Airlines Conviasa Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Air Century Avianca Copa Airlines SATENA Wingo

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

Photo: Alessandro Frison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

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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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLN

MLA

“Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLN. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Arturo Michelena International Airport (VLN). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLN (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Wikipedia

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