Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport STB / SVSZ

Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Zulia · Venezuela · Instituto Autónomo de Aeropuertos del Estado Zulia (IAAEZ), grouped with La Chinita International and Oro Negro airports under Bolivariana de Aeropuertos (BAER), with national civil-aviation oversight by INAC.

4kpax · 2023

Limited hours

ICAO / IATASVSZ / STB

OperatorInstituto Autónomo de Aeropuertos del Estado Zulia (IAAEZ), grouped with La Chinita International and Oro Negro airports under Bolivariana de Aeropuertos (BAER), with national civil-aviation oversight by INAC.

Coordinates8.9746°N, 71.9433°W

Elevation32 ft · 10 m

Time zoneVET (UTC-4, no DST)

Passengers / yr3,500 (2023)

CustomsNo

Border controlNo

SchengenNo

Fuel—

Bonded—

AIP referenceSVSZ — AIP Venezuela / INAC

Operating hoursNo published tower hours or fixed curfew located. The field appears non-towered/limited-service, but it is not minimal-traffic: Aerolíneas Estelar runs scheduled Boeing 737 service to Maracaibo/Caracas, implying some regular daytime operating window; exact hours unconfirmed. PPR recommended for non-scheduled/charter operations.

TerminalsSingle small terminal building, no jet bridges; apron approx. 6,150 sqm. Fuel availability could not be independently verified, consistent with Venezuela's broader unreliable aviation-fuel supply in recent years, though the airport does host active Boeing 737 turnarounds.

Runways (1)

18/36 · 2,693 m / 8,835 ft · 40 m wide · Asphalt

Airport contact

www.inac.gob.ve

A small regional strip in the twin-city area of Santa Bárbara del Zulia/San Carlos del Zulia south of Lake Maracaibo, serving the Catatumbo cattle-ranching zone. Aerolíneas Estelar currently operates scheduled Boeing 737-200/300 flights to Maracaibo and Caracas per the most recent available sources, though Venezuela's sanctions-driven aviation contraction and unreliable fuel supply mean frequency and continuity should be reconfirmed before relying on it. Not an international/customs port of entry. Runway designation, length, and elevation vary slightly across sources (18/36, 2,693 m, 10 m elevation per OurAirports/Spanish Wikipedia, used here and confirmed directly against OurAirports, vs an older 01/19, 2,700 m, 4.9 m figure on English Wikipedia); no verified airport-specific phone, email, or website was located, so INAC's national site is given as the closest official reference, and passenger throughput is a rough estimate since INAC does not publish per-airport statistics for this minor field.

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Bolivariana de Aeropuertos (BAER)

BAER (Venezuela's state airport operator) directly operates Santa Bárbara del Zulia airport alongside La Chinita and Oro Negro — confirmed at the station level, not merely a group-level claim (es.wikipedia.org's article on this specific airport names BAER as controller). BAER's Servicios Especializados Aeroportuarios (SEA) division provides ground-support-equipment assistance for passenger and cargo aircraft, aircraft parking/marshalling and flight dispatch across the BAER network. A claimed Dec-2023 reactivation date for this specific field could not be independently verified and has been removed pending confirmation. No independent third-party handler is listed for this station (Business Air News/ACUKWIK: "no FBO/Handlers currently listed"), consistent with the operator self-providing ramp services.

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Aerolíneas Estelar

Self-handled: Aerolíneas Estelar (current legal name; formerly Estelar Latinoamérica) is confirmed via both the airport's own record and the airline's own record as the carrier serving Santa Bárbara del Zulia on its Caracas-Maracaibo routing — the sole scheduled carrier at this station. No independent third-party ground handler is documented here. Exact flight frequency and check-in process at this specific field could not be independently verified and are omitted rather than asserted.

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Aircraft fuel Not listed

De-icing Not listed

Part-145 line maintenance Not listed

Part-145 base maintenance Not listed

Component shops & overhaul Not listed

Flight catering Not listed

Aircraft cleaning Not listed

Ground support equipment Not listed

Cargo handling Not listed

Aviation security Unconfirmed

Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB)

GNB is Venezuela's nationwide aviation-security authority present at all commercial airports. Station-specific confirmation: the airport's own record documents GNB's Sección de Apoyo Aéreo N.º 31 as based here, though sources describe it as an aviation/logistics unit rather than a specifically-documented passenger-screening detail at this field.

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Passenger & crew transport Not listed

Flight support Unconfirmed

Bolivariana de Aeropuertos (BAER)

BAER's SEA division advertises FBO-type services network-wide (fuel-supply arrangement, flight dispatch, crew/passenger assistance, aircraft parking/signaling) per baer.gob.ve/sea/ — confirmed as a general capabilities page covering the whole BAER network, not a station-specific listing. No confirmation this desk is staffed at Santa Bárbara del Zulia, a small field with limited scheduled service.

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