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Arturo Michelena International Airport serves the city of Valencia in Carabobo State, Venezuela, and is named after the Valencia-born painter Arturo Michelena. It offers a single long hard-surfaced runway with an ILS approach and lies at just over 1,400 feet above sea level, acting as the principal air gateway for the region and a hub for Turpial Airlines.
Arturo Michelena International Airport lies just outside Valencia, the capital of Carabobo State in north-central Venezuela. Named for the celebrated Valencia-born painter Arturo Michelena, the field is a hub for Turpial Airlines and was formerly a secondary hub for Avior Airlines, giving it a steady flow of domestic and international airline traffic that makes it an interesting destination for a sim pilot flying into Venezuelan airspace.
The airport sits at Valencia in Carabobo State, Venezuela, at coordinates 10.15 N, 67.923 W. As a designated international airport handling scheduled airline traffic and customs processing, it is served by active air traffic control.
The airport has a single physical runway, 10/28, of hard surface construction and lit for night operations. Runway 10 measures 9,825 feet and is equipped with an ILS approach, while the reciprocal, Runway 28, measures 9,824 feet.
Arriving and departing traffic works Valencia Tower on 118.9 MHz, with ground movements handled on 121.9 MHz. A discrete radio frequency of 132 MHz is also listed, and ATIS information is broadcast on 127.8 MHz. Runway 10 is served by an ILS approach.
The airport takes its name from Arturo Michelena, the noted painter who was born in Valencia, reflecting the city's cultural heritage. It has developed into a significant hub for Turpial Airlines and in earlier years also served as a secondary hub for Avior Airlines.
Arturo Michelena International Airport continues to operate as a major international gateway for Valencia, handling scheduled passenger services to destinations across the Caribbean, Central America and South America, including flights operated by Turpial Airlines, RUTACA Airlines, Conviasa, Aeropostal, Copa Airlines, Air Century and Wingo. The airport is equipped with customs facilities to support its international traffic.
