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
Ramp handlingPassenger handlingVIP & loungeHangarage & parking
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
Oil & lubricants
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
Passenger & baggage screeningAircraft guardingDocument checks
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
Car rental
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