Anaco airport
| Aeropuerto Nacional de Anaco | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | SVAN |
| IATA code | AAO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 224 m (735 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Local transport | Bus |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Bolivariana de Aeropuertos SA |
| Terminals | no |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 1260 m × 40 m asphalt |
The Anaco Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Anaco) is an airfield of the Venezuelan city of Anaco . The airfield is mainly used by small aircraft that fly oil industry employees to the oil or gas fields in the east of the country.
history
On August 22, 2007, a private plane, Cessna registration number: YV1562, crashed on approach shortly before the airfield. Two crew members were killed in this accident. Since the airfield is located in the middle of the residential area of the city, due to this and previous incidents by the then mayor of Anaco, Jacinto Romero Luna, the airfield was closed. It is now open again.