Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)

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The Caracas (Spanish Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar, English Simón Bolívar International Airport ) is an international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, about 25 km north of the capital Caracas. To get there required depending on traffic about 30 to 60 minutes to the city center (Plaza Venezuela).

The Aeropuerto Maiquetia was inaugurated by the President Isaías Medina Angarita on 1 January 1945.

Airport operator, the company Instituto Autónomo del Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia. Among the twelve international airports in the country of Caracas is the most important. He is the aviation hub of the airline Linea Aeropostal Venezolana.

Airport infrastructure: The airport has two paved runway and runways with a length of 3,500 and 3,027 meters in length at an elevation of 72 meters above the sea and two check-in areas and operating to destinations in North, Central and South America and in Europe. From Germany Lufthansa flies daily non-stop from Frankfurt to Caracas. The airport was temporarily served by the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde.