Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Maiquetía, La Guaira State (Venezuela)

IATA: CCS ICAO: SVMI

Longest Active Runway

11,483 ft

3,500 meters

Field Elevation

234 ft

71 m MSL

Runway Inventory

2 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

10.6022°, -66.9912°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #273 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#470 of 7558

Top 6.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Venezuela)

#1 of 3 in VE

#1 of 54 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+14.8%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 CCS in numbers: 11,483 ft longest runway · tied #273 of 650 published · #470 of 7,558 worldwide (top 6.4%) · #1 in Venezuela.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

CCS lies at 71 m (234 ft), #362 of 650 published airports by elevation and 39 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is equal to the Venezuela median; MAR is highest at 239 ft, 5 ft higher than CCS.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of CCS. Nearest published airport: Hato International Airport (CUR), 150 NM, 11,188 ft (295 ft shorter than CCS); 2 within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 11,483 ft (3,500 m)

CCS runways: 10/28 11,483 × 148 ft asphalt (asp); 09/27 9,930 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #1 of 3 in Venezuela; 1,050 ft ahead of PMV (10,433 ft). +14.8% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
10/28	11,483 ft (3500 m / 3.500 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
09/27	9,930 ft (3027 m / 3.027 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →