Canaima Airport Explained

Canaima Airport
Iata:	CAJ
Icao:	SVCN
Type:	Public
City-Served:	Canaima National Park
Location:	Canaima, Venezuela
Elevation-F:	1339
Coordinates:	6.2319°N -62.8542°W
Pushpin Map:	Venezuela
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Venezuela
Pushpin Label:	CAJ
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	18/36
R1-Length-M:	2155
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
Footnotes:	Source: WAD^[1] GCM Google Maps^[2]

Canaima Airport (es|Aeropuerto de Canaima;) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and downstream of Angel Falls.

The Canaima VOR-DME (Ident: CMA) is located 0.52nmi off the Runway 18 threshold.^[3]

Accidents and incidents

• On 27 August 1972, Douglas C-47 YV-C-AKE of LAV suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomás de Heres Airport, Ciudad Bolivar. The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board.^[4]
• On 2 October 1998, Douglas DC-3C YV-611C of Servivensa crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls. One of the 25 people on board was killed.^[5]

See also

• Transport in Venezuela
• List of airports in Venezuela

External links

• OurAirports - Canaima
• SkyVector - Canaima
• OpenStreetMap - Canaima
  • Video from aircraft landing at Canaima Airport

Notes and References

1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. https://www.google.com/maps/@6.2328712,-62.853878,3499m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Canaima
3. http://ourairports.com/navaids/CMA/Canaima_VOR-DME_VE/#lat=6.1997199058532715,lon=-62.85029983520508,zoom=10,type=Satellite CMA VOR
4. Web site: Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 7 September 2010.
5. Web site: YV-611C Accident description. Aviation Safety Network . 25 June 2010.