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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.

Tomás de Heres Airport Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres
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IATA: CBL ICAO: SVCB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	197 ft / 60 m
Coordinates	8°07′20″N 63°32′10″W
Map
CBL Location in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,785 5,856 Asphalt 12/30 Closed[1]
Sources: Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

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

На других языках

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- [en] Tomás de Heres Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Nacional Tomás de Heres

El Aeropuerto Nacional General Tomás de Heres, (IATA: CBL, OACI: SVCB), es un aeropuerto venezolano ubicado en la ciudad de Ciudad Bolívar, Estado Bolívar en la Guayana venezolana y próxima al Rio Orinoco.

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[fr] Aéroport Tomás de Heres

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