La Chinita International Airport is an airport located at Maracaibo, Venezuela.

The airport was opened on November 16, 1969, during the government of president Rafael Caldera to open a gate to the western part of the country and alleviate congestion from Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas, which manages about 90% of the international flights in Venezuela.

In fact, the only international destinations from Maracaibo are Aruba, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Curaçao, Miami, and Panama City (served byCopa Airlines since July 2006).

Traffic

• 2006 1.056.985
• 2007 1.854.200
• 2008 May 1.365.900
• 2010 estimate 4.9 millon.

Airlines and destinations

Domestic Flights

• Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela (Barcelona, Caracas, Porlamar, Valencia)
• Aserca Airlines (Barcelona, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Valencia)
• Avior Airlines (Barcelona, Caracas, Mérida, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Valencia)
• Conviasa (Caracas, Las Piedras)
• Santa Bárbara Airlines (Barquisimeto, Caracas, Mérida, San Antonio del Táchira, Valencia)
• Venezolana (Caracas, El Vigía)
• Sol America(Proximamente)(Las Piedras,Aruba,Curacao)
• Kavok airlines(Proximamente) www.kavok-airlines.com

International Flights

• AIRES (Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cartagena)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Aserca Airlines (Santo Domingo [seasonal])
• Avior Airlines (Willemstad)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Santa Bárbara Airlines (Miami, Oranjestad)
• Venezolana (Panama City, Oranjestad)

References