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Tomás de Heres Airport

Airport in Venezuela

CBL

Location in Venezuela

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
07/25	1,785	5,856	Asphalt
12/30			Closed^[1]

Sources: Google Maps^[2] GCM^[3]

Tomás de Heres Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres, (IATA: CBL, ICAO: SVCB)) is an airport serving Ciudad Bolívar, the capital of the Bolívar state of Venezuela.

The airport is named in honor of Tomás de Heres, a hero of Latin American independence and governor of Venezuela's former Guayana Province.

The airport serves as a maintenance base for RUTACA Airlines.

The Ciudad Bolivar VOR-DME (Ident: CBL) is located on the field.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
RUTACA Airlines	Caracas
Transmandu	Charter: Santa Elena de Uairén, Porlamar

Accidents and incidents

On 25 January 2001, RUTACA Airlines Flight 225, operated by Douglas DC-3C YV-224-C crashed at Ciudad Bolívar killing all 24 on board plus one person on the ground. Another person on the ground was seriously injured. There were unconfirmed reports that a 25th person may have been on board the aircraft. The aircraft was on a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tomás de Heres Airport to Del Caribe "Santiago Mariño" International Airport, Porlamar and had developed an engine problem shortly after take-off.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Rwy 12/30 Closed
^ Google Maps - Tomás de Heres
^ Airport information for CBL at Great Circle Mapper.
^ CBL VOR
^ "YV-224-C Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^ "SINIESTRO DEL YV – 224C" (in Spanish). Rescate. Retrieved 21 June 2010.