Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport

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Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional del Caribe "Santiago Mariño", IATA: PMV, ICAO: SVMG) is an airport 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west-southwest of Porlamar, the largest city on Isla Margarita, an island in the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela.

Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport Del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport
IATA: PMV[1] ICAO: SVMG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Porlamar
Location	Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Hub for	Conviasa Sundance Air Venezuela
Focus city for	LASER Airlines
Elevation AMSL	72 ft / 22 m
Coordinates	10°54′50″N 63°58′05″W
Map
PMV Location in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,180 10,433 Asphalt 09L/27R 2,935 9,629 Asphalt
Sources: WAD[2] GCM[3]

History

According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the airport had scheduled passenger airline service from Europe and the U.S. during the early 1990s including nonstop flights from Frankfurt, London, Miami, Milan and New York City operated by VIASA.^[4] Additionally, several European and Canadian carriers, such as Condor, LTU (merged with Air Berlin in 2009), TUI Airways, TUI fly Netherlands, TUI fly Nordic, Martinair, Air Canada, and Air Transat, among others, had seasonal and charter services to Porlamar in the 1990s and 2000s.

Long-haul operations from the airport have since largely ended (except, as of 2023, for a Nordwind Airlines charter flight to Moscow), but short and medium haul international flight still exist as of today. From autumn 2023 LOT Polish Airlines operated charter flights from Warsaw and Katowice.^[5]

Facilities

Terminal interior

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolineas Estelar	Caracas
Aeropostal	Caracas, Las Piedras
Avior Airlines	Barcelona (VE), Caracas
Conviasa	Acarigua, Barbados,[6] Barcelona (VE), Barinas,[7] Barquisimeto, Caracas, El Vigía, Isla de Coche, La Fría, Maracaibo, Maturín, Moscow–Vnukovo,[8] Puerto Ordaz, Santo Domingo del Táchira, Tucupita, Valencia (VE)
LASER Airlines	Caracas, Valencia (VE)
RUTACA Airlines	Caracas, Port of Spain[9]
Turpial Airlines	Valencia (VE)
Venezolana	Caracas, Maracaibo

See also

• Transport in Venezuela
• List of airports in Venezuela