Tomás de Heres Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres, ) is an airport serving

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, the capital of the Bolívar state of

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. The airport is named in honor of

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, a hero of Latin American independence and governor of Venezuela's former

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. The airport serves as a maintenance base for

RUTACA Airlines RUTACA Airlines (legally ''Rutas Aéreas C.A.'') is an airline headquartered in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela with its home base at Tomás de Heres Airport and a hub at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas. History RUTACA Airlines was ...

. The Ciudad Bolivar

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Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

* On 25 January 2001,

RUTACA Airlines Flight 225 RUTACA Airlines Flight 225(5R225/RUC225) was a domestic tourist passenger flight, operated by RUTACA Airlines from Canaima Airport to Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport that crashed during a refueling stop in Tomás de Heres Airpor ...

, operated by

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C YV-224-C crashed at Ciudad Bolívar killing all 24 on board plus one person on the ground. Another person on the ground was seriously injured. There were unconfirmed reports that a 25th person may have been on board the aircraft. The aircraft was on a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tomás de Heres Airport to

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and had developed an engine problem shortly after take-off.

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OurAirports - Tomás de Heres

SkyVector - Tomás de Heres

OpenStreetMap - Ciudad Bolivar
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