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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Ground handling Available · 2 providers

Ramp handlingPassenger handlingFBO / business aviationHangarage & parking

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

Passenger & baggage screeningDocument checks

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

Dispatch & ops control

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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Hotel & travel Not listed