Canaima Airport (; ) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

in Canaima, a town in

Canaima National Park Canaima National Park () is a park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the La Gran Sabana, Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guya ...

in the state of Bolívar in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the

Carrao River Carrao River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. It is well known for one of its major tributaries, the Churún River, which feeds Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall. Another major tributary is the Ahonda River. ...

, and downstream of

Angel Falls Angel Falls (; Pemon: ''Kerepakupai Merú'' or ''Parakupá Vená'') is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of , and a plunge of . The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-tepui m ...

. The Canaima

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(Ident: CMA) is located off the Runway 18 threshold.CMA VOR
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Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

* On 27 August 1972,

Douglas C-47 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...

YV-C-AKE of

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suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to

Tomás de Heres Airport Tomás de Heres Airport (, ) 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 Guay ...

Ciudad Bolivar Ciudad () is the Spanish word for "city". Ciudad or La Ciudad may also refer to: * La Ciudad (archaeological site), Hohokam ruins in Phoenix, Arizona * La Ciudad, district of Durango City Durango (, ) is the capital and largest city of the n ...

. The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board. *On 2 October 1998, Douglas DC-3C YV-611C of

Servivensa Servivensa S.A. (legally ''Servicios Avensa S.A.'') was a low-cost airline based in Caracas, Venezuela that operated scheduled domestic and international flights. History Servivensa was established by Avensa in 1989 to counteract the unionized ...

crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the

. One of the 25 people on board was killed.

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OurAirports - CanaimaSkyVector - CanaimaOpenStreetMap - Canaima
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Video from aircraft landing at Canaima Airport
* Airports in Venezuela Buildings and structures in Bolívar (state) {{Venezuela-airport-stub

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

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