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, the largest city on

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Facilities

The airport has one terminal, which is divided into international and domestic sections.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Past international service

According to the

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(OAG), the airport had scheduled passenger airline service from Europe and the U.S. during the early 1990s including nonstop flights from

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operated by

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, LTU (merged with Air Berlin in 2009),

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, among others, had seasonal and charter services to Porlamar in the 1990s and 2000s. Long-haul operations from the airport have since ended, but short and medium haul international flight still exist as of today.

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