Jacinto Lara International Airport is an airport in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, named after Venezuelan independence hero

Jacinto Lara Jacinto Lara (Carora, 5 June 1777 - Barquisimeto, 25 February 1859), was a Venezuelan independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. His contribution included participating in Simón Bolívar's 1813 Admirable Campaign. He was ...

. It serves the city of Barquisimeto and others such as Acarigua, Yaritagua, and Carora, the main cities in the west-central area of Venezuela. It is one of the most important airports of Venezuela, and given its position in Venezuela, it has domestic flights to Caracas and international flights to Caribbean islands such as

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(to the Dominican Republic) and, formerly, to

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and

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, and it had flights in the past to the United States (Barquisimeto is geographically closer to Miami than Caracas is). The airport was inaugurated in 1961; it has one terminal building with two levels, banks, restaurants, stores, taxi services, Wi-Fi service, and other services. The runway length includes a

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on Runway 27. The Barquisimeto VOR-DME (Ident: BRM) is located on the field.BRM VOR
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OpenStreetMap - BarquisimetoSkyVector - Barquisimeto
Airports in Venezuela Buildings and structures in Barquisimeto Buildings and structures in Lara (state) {{venezuela-airport-stub

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