Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport

Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (IATA: PZO, ICAO: SVPR) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Guayana "Manuel Carlos Piar"), is an airport in the city of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Ciudad Guayana is divided into two main population centres, San Félix and Puerto Ordaz, where the airport is located and hence its IATA code of PZO. The city sits at the confluence of the Orinoco and Caroni Rivers, and is the main access point for the natural attractions in south-east Venezuela, mainly Canaima National Park and Gran Sabana.

Manuel Carlos Piar International Airport
IATA: PZO ICAO: SVPR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	472 ft / 144 m
Coordinates	8°17′20″N 62°45′35″W
Map
PZO Location of airport in Venezuela
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,050 6,726 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The airport is named after Manuel Piar, victorious general at the Battle of San Félix in the Venezuelan War of Independence.

Most of its current facilities and lay-out comes from the large renovation done in 2007, in preparation for the 2007 Copa América held in Venezuela.

The Guayana VORTAC (Ident: GNA) is located on the field. The Guayana non-directional beacon (Ident: GNA) is located 7.0 nautical miles (13.0 km) off the approach end of Runway 26.^[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolineas Estelar	Caracas
Avior Airlines	Caracas
Conviasa	Caracas, Manaus, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Valencia (VE)
LASER Airlines	Caracas
Turpial Airlines	Valencia (VE)

See also

• Transport in Venezuela
• List of airports in Venezuela

References

1. Airport information for CGU at Great Circle Mapper.
2. Google Maps - Ciudad Guayana
3. Guayana NDB
4. Guayana VORTAC

External links

• OurAirports - Guayana
• OpenStreetMap - Guayana
• CONVIASA service to Guayana