General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport is an airport serving
Barcelona, Venezuela
Barcelona is the capital of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela and was founded in 1671. Together with Puerto La Cruz, Lecheria and Guanta, Barcelona forms one of the most important urban areas of Venezuela, with a population of approximately 950,000.
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General Anzoátegui (1789–1819) was a Venezuelan Brigadier General during the
Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, links=no, 1810–1823) was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in Latin America fought agai ...
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The airport serves as a hub for
Avior Airlines
Avior Airlines C.A. (legally ''Aviones de Oriente C.A.'') is an airline based in Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela. It operates scheduled and charter services within Venezuela and the southern Caribbean out of its main hub at Generál José Anto ...
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Facilities
Runway 02/20 length includes a
displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...
on Runway 20. Runway 15/33 length includes a displaced threshold and overrun on Runway 33. The Barcelona
VORTAC
Very high frequency omnirange station (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving unit to determine its position and stay on course by receiving radio signals transmitted by a network ...
(Ident: BNA) is located off the threshold of Runway 15.
BNA VORTAC
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Airlines and destinations
See also
*Transport in Venezuela
Transport in Venezuela revolves around a system of highways and airports. Venezuela is connected to the world primarily via air ( Venezuela's airports include the Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas and La Chinita International Airp ...
*List of airports in Venezuela
Venezuela, officially known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in th ...
References
External links
OurAirports - BarcelonaOpenStreetMap - BarcelonaSkyVector - Barcelona
Airports in Venezuela
Buildings and structures in Anzoátegui
Buildings and structures in Barcelona, Venezuela
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