Canaima Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Canaima; ) is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
in
Canaima, a town in
Canaima National Park in the state of
Bolívar in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the
Carrao River, and downstream of
Angel Falls
Angel Falls ( es, Salto Ángel; Pemon language: ''Kerepakupai Merú'' meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or ''Parakupá Vená'', meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela.
It is the world's tallest unint ...
.
The Canaima
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the sla ...
(Ident: CMA) is located off the Runway 18 threshold.
CMA VOR
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Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
* On 27 August 1972, Douglas C-47
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...
YV-C-AKE of LAV suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomás de Heres Airport
Tomás de Heres Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres, ) is an airport serving Ciudad Bolívar, the capital of the Bolívar state of Venezuela.
The airport is named in honor of Tomás de Heres, a hero of Latin American independence ...
, Ciudad Bolivar. The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board.Douglas DC-3C
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner
manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...
YV-611C of Servivensa
Servivensa S.A. (legally ''Servicios Avensa Sociedad Anónima S.A.'') was a low-cost airline based in Caracas, Venezuela that operated scheduled domestic and international flights.
History
Servivensa was established by Avensa in 1989 to counterac ...
crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls
Angel Falls ( es, Salto Ángel; Pemon language: ''Kerepakupai Merú'' meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or ''Parakupá Vená'', meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela.
It is the world's tallest unint ...
. One of the 25 people on board was killed.
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 Air ...
*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 - CanaimaSkyVector - CanaimaOpenStreetMap - Canaima
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Video from aircraft landing at Canaima Airport
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Airports in Venezuela
Buildings and structures in Bolívar (state)
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