AirportsLos Colonizadores Airport is a small airport serving Saravena, in Arauca Department, Colombia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RVE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RVE
- ICAO code
- SKSA
- City
- Saravena
- State or region
- Arauca Department
- Country
- Colombia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 6.9519° N, 71.8572° W
- Elevation
- 207 m (680 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RVE means Los Colonizadores Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SKSA. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.9519° N, 71.8572° W. It stands 207 metres (680 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San Cristóbal, about 100 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Bogota, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Los Colonizadores Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,200 metres (3,937 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 48 airports of Colombia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 46.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,200 m 3,937 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Vargas AirportTame | TME | 57 km |
| Mayor Buenaventura Vivas International AirportSanto Domingo, Venezuela | STD | 71 km |
| Juan Vicente Gómez International AirportSan Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela | SVZ | 118 km |
| Santiago Perez AirportArauca | AUC | 124 km |
| Camilo Daza International AirportCúcuta | CUC | 130 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,851 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,186 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,281 km | 16 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,120 km | 10 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,751 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,633 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,984 km | 23 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,245 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,681 km | 18 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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