Arrivals
Live arrival times, status, terminal and baggage belt are on the arrivals page.
CCS
Airport information
Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport
Caracas, VenezuelaIATA: CCSICAO: SVMI
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
2 runways · Longest runway: 11,483 ft
- 10/2811,483 ft · heading 88/268 degrees
- 09/279,930 ft · heading 76/256 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
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Direct destinations will appear when reliable route coverage is available.
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Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
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Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport
- City and country
- Caracas, Venezuela
- IATA / ICAO
- CCS / SVMI
- Time zone
- America/Caracas
- Category
- Regional airport
Maiquetía: Venezuela's main airport on the Caribbean coast
Simón Bolívar International Airport (IATA CCS, ICAO SVMI) lies at Maiquetía on the Caribbean coast, about 25 kilometers north of Caracas, from which it is separated by the coastal mountain range and the highway through the tunnels. It is Venezuela's main airport and the home of the state airline Conviasa, and a shadow of its former self: the economic and political crisis of the past decade drove most foreign airlines away, and the network that remains is thin, aimed at Panama, the Caribbean, Spain, Turkey and Russia. The radar on this page shows what our data sources report around Caracas; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it. Venezuela is five hours behind Central Europe in summer and four in winter.
Airlines and destinations
Conviasa, the national carrier, flies to Panama, Havana, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Moscow and Caracas's domestic network to Porlamar, Maracaibo and Puerto Ordaz, alongside the private Venezuelan carriers Laser, Avior and Estelar; Copa connects Panama City several times a day, the main gateway to the rest of the Americas, Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul, Air Europa and Iberia have served Madrid when relations allowed, and Caribbean Airlines and the regional carriers link Trinidad, Curaçao and Aruba. Service to and from the United States has been suspended for years. Venezuela lies beyond the reach of our receivers, so the live radar depends on other data sources.
Getting to Caracas
The drive to Caracas takes 45 minutes to an hour and a half through the tunnels of the Caracas-La Guaira highway, depending on traffic and the state of the road. Use only the official airport taxis from the booths inside the terminal, or a driver arranged by your hotel or hosts; do not accept rides offered in the hall, and avoid arriving at night if you can. There is no practical public transport for visitors. Dollars in cash are widely used.
Good to know
The airport has two terminals, the international and the national, a short walk apart; the international terminal was renovated in recent years, but services are limited and departure procedures involve several checks, so arrive three hours ahead. Visitors need a passport valid for six months and, depending on nationality, a visa obtained in advance; the rules change with the political situation, so check them carefully. Most governments advise against non-essential travel to Venezuela. The alternative gateways to the region are Panama City, Bogotá and Curaçao. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.