Canaima_Airport Knowpia

Canaima Airport

*Aeropuerto de Canaima*
Canaima Airport; Aeropuerto de Canaima
	IATA: CAJ; ICAO: SVCN;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Canaima National Park
Location	Canaima, Venezuela
Elevation AMSL	1,339 ft / 408 m
Coordinates	6°13′55″N 62°51′15″W / 6.23194°N 62.85417°W
Map
	CAJ Location in Venezuela
Runways
	Source: WAD GCM Google Maps

Canaima Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Canaima; IATA: CAJ, ICAO: SVCN) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and 46 kilometres (29 mi) downstream of Angel Falls.

The Canaima VOR-DME (Ident: CMA) is located 0.52 nautical miles (960 m) off the Runway 18 threshold.^[4]

Airlines and destinations edit

Airlines	Destinations
Conviasa	Caracas

On 27 August 1972, Douglas C-47 YV-C-AKE of LAV suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomás de Heres Airport, Ciudad Bolivar. The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board.^[5]
On 2 October 1998, Douglas DC-3C YV-611C of Servivensa crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls. One of the 25 people on board was killed.^[6]

^ Airport information for SVCN^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ Airport information for CAJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ Google Maps - Canaima
^ CMA VOR
^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^ "YV-611C Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.