AirportsJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport is a medium-sized airport serving El Vigía, in Mérida State, Venezuela. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VIG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VIG
- ICAO code
- SVVG
- City
- El Vigía
- State or region
- Mérida State
- Country
- Venezuela
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.6241° N, 71.6727° W
- Elevation
- 76 m (250 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,245 m (10,645 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VIG means Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SVVG. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 8.6241° N, 71.6727° W. It stands 76 metres (250 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Mérida, about 56 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Caracas, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,245 metres (10,645 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 22 airports of Venezuela on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,245 m 10,645 ft | 44 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Camilo Daza International AirportCúcuta, Colombia | CUC | 120 km |
| Juan Vicente Gómez International AirportSan Antonio del Tachira | SVZ | 121 km |
| Mayor Buenaventura Vivas International AirportSanto Domingo | STD | 124 km |
| Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño AirportValera | VLV | 144 km |
| Barinas AirportBarinas | BNS | 160 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,693 km | 18 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,056 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,159 km | 16 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,962 km | 10 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,566 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,534 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,806 km | 23 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,099 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,816 km | 18 h 20 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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