Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport

Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
	Aeropuerto Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo
	IATA: VIG; ICAO: SVVG;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	El Vigía, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	249 ft / 76 m
Coordinates	8°37′25″N 71°40′25″W / 8.62361°N 71.67361°W
Map
	VIG Location of the airport in Venezuela
Runways
	Sources: GCM Google Maps

Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport (IATA: VIG, ICAO: SVVG), is an airport serving El Vigía, a city in Mérida state in Venezuela. It opened in 1991, and was named for the Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (1903–1979).^[A]

The runway length includes a 490 metres (1,610 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 27.

The El Vigia non-directional beacon (Ident: EVG) is located on the field.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolineas Estelar	Caracas
Aeropostal	Caracas
Avior Airlines	Caracas
Conviasa	Caracas, Porlamar
Laser Airlines	Caracas
Rutaca Airlines	Caracas

Notes

^ Though often misspelled Alfonso, the correct name is Alfonzo, as confirmed by the photo and other official sources^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] and the majority of reliable references.

References

^ Airport information for VIG at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - El Vigía
^ EVG NDB
^ "Colección: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Gobierno Bolivariana de Venezuela (gob.ve). Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ "IUTEPAL Extensión Maracaibo". Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (IUTEPAL). Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ "Escuela Privada Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ "En 1979 falleció el padre de la OPEP: Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo". Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ "The launch of the book 'The Petroleum Pentagon'". Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Retrieved February 23, 2016.