VLVSVVL

Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport

Valera, Venezuela · Latin America

Latin America America/Caracas

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,070 mLongest runway

Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (IATA: VLV, ICAO: SVVL), formerly known as Antonio Nicolas Briceno National Airport, is the main Trujillo state airport in the Venezuelan Andes, located on Avenida Principal La Hoyada in the municipality of Carvajal, just outside Valera. The airport is named after Antonio Nicolás Briceño, a lawyer and officer during the Venezuelan War of Independence. The runway sits on a broad ridge 65 metres (213 ft) above the city of Valera.

Location

9.340°N, 70.584°O · 628 m s. n. m. (2.060 ft)

General data

CountryVenezuela

CityValera

IATA codeVLV

ICAO codeSVVL

Coordinates9.340°N, 70.584°O

Elevation628 m s. n. m. (2.060 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Caracas

Runways1

Longest runway2,070 m

Direct destinations1

Official website

Runways · 1

03/21

Length2,070 m6,791 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

122.800VALERA TWR

Ground

121.900

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Conviasa

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

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV

MLA

“Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_vlv,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VLV |title=Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-18 |language=en}}