AviatDataJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport VIG / SVVG
El Vigía, Mérida · Venezuela · BAER S.A. (Bolivariana de Aeropuertos), successor to SAPAM (Servicio Autónomo de Puertos y Aeropuertos del Estado Mérida)
40kpax · 2015
Limited hoursJet A-1 (pipeline-fed apron supply; availability inconsistent amid Venezuela's broader fuel-supply disruptions)
ICAO / IATASVVG / VIG
OperatorBAER S.A. (Bolivariana de Aeropuertos), successor to SAPAM (Servicio Autónomo de Puertos y Aeropuertos del Estado Mérida)
Coordinates8.6236°N, 71.6736°W
Elevation249 ft · 76 m
Time zoneVET (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr40,000 (2015)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 (pipeline-fed apron supply; availability inconsistent amid Venezuela's broader fuel-supply disruptions)
Bonded—
AIP referenceSVVG — AIP Venezuela / INAC
Operating hoursDaylight operations typical of a regional Venezuelan field; runway has night lighting but scheduled service is concentrated in daytime hours. No published curfew; PPR advisable given intermittent domestic-only scheduling and fuel-availability uncertainty — confirm with operator before ops.
TerminalsSingle terminal building dating to the airport's 1991 inauguration, with no major renovation since; apron includes a ~30,750 m² parking area.
Runways (1)
- 09/27 · 3,235 m / 10,614 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
A regional domestic gateway for Mérida state's lowland Alberto Adriani Municipality, served by Conviasa, Estelar, Avior and LASER Airlines primarily on routes to Caracas and Porlamar. Despite being nominally classed as a public airport with historical international/Caribbean charter service, VIG functions today as a domestic-only field — no active customs/immigration operation — reflecting the broader contraction of Venezuelan regional air service under years of sanctions and economic disruption; the most recent public passenger figure (~40,000, 2015) predates that contraction and should be treated as dated, not current-year traffic.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 6 providers
Bolivariana de Aeropuertos (BAER)
Confirmed directly on the state operator's own airport page (baer.gob.ve/aeropuerto-juan-pablo-perez-alfonzo), which lists 'atencion preferencial' passenger assistance, 'atencion medica'/farmacia (medical post), 'feria de comida' (food court), VIP lounge, PCR testing, hangares and estacionamiento, and matches the airport phone •••. This confirms terminal/passenger service; full ramp-side turnaround handling for each carrier is not separately documented.
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Conviasa
Venezuela's flag carrier operates confirmed scheduled domestic service to Caracas and Porlamar from VIG (en.wikipedia.org route table, cross-checked against baer.gob.ve). No independent third-party ground handler was found covering this airport, so self-handling by Conviasa at its own turnarounds is inferred, not station-confirmed.
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Avior Airlines
Operates confirmed scheduled domestic service to Caracas from VIG (en.wikipedia.org route table). No independent ground handler was found serving VIG, so self-handling by Avior Airlines is inferred for its own flights; unconfirmed by a station-specific source.
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Aerolíneas Estelar
Estelar Latinoamerica operates confirmed scheduled domestic service to Caracas from VIG (en.wikipedia.org route table). No independent ground handler was found serving VIG, so self-handling by Aerolineas Estelar is inferred for its own flights; unconfirmed by a station-specific source.
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LASER Airlines
Operates confirmed scheduled domestic service to Caracas from VIG (en.wikipedia.org route table). No independent ground handler was found serving VIG, so self-handling by LASER Airlines is inferred for its own flights; unconfirmed by a station-specific source.
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Aeropostal
Operates scheduled domestic service to Caracas from VIG, marked seasonal in Wikipedia's current route table, consistent with reports of a relaunched Merida-state route. No independent ground handler was found serving VIG, so self-handling by Aeropostal is inferred for its own flights; unconfirmed by a station-specific source.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
PDVSA
State oil company PDVSA is Venezuela's sole nationwide legal supplier of aviation fuel, a matter of national policy rather than a VIG-specific disclosure. Direct attempts to confirm a VIG-specific apron/pipeline fuel-supply detail on Wikipedia and pdvsa.com failed: the airport's Wikipedia article contains no mention of apron area, fuel pipeline, or PDVSA, and pdvsa.com did not resolve. The PDVSA-to-VIG link is inferred from the national fuel monopoly only and remains unconfirmed by any VIG-specific document.
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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 (Comando Aéreo)
GNB's Comando Aereo/aeronautical security detachments provide statutory security screening and airside policing at Venezuela's commercial airports nationwide as a matter of national law, but no VIG-specific GNB detachment document was located (guardia.mil.ve was unreachable at check time), so marked unconfirmed. Note: baer.gob.ve's own VIG page separately confirms an on-site 'Bomberos' (fire/rescue) service, but that is airport-operated, not a GNB function, and is not evidence for this security entry.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
Localiza
Downgraded on fact-check: baer.gob.ve's own VIG airport page confirms a generic 'Alquiler de Vehiculos' (vehicle rental) service exists at the terminal but names no brand. The specific claim of Localiza operating 5 locations here, sourced to a Kayak listing, could not be reproduced: Kayak's live car-rental search for El Vigia returned zero results and the cited listing URL 404'd. Genuine unbranded car-rental service at the terminal is confirmed; the Localiza brand identity and Avis/Hertz co-presence are not.
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed