Los Roques Airport
# Los Roques Airport

Los Roques Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Los Roques) (IATA: LRV, ICAO: SVRS) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Caracas.

The runway was repaved in 2007. Air traffic is controlled remotely from Simón Bolívar International Airport.

## Airlines and destinations

| Airlines | Destinations |
| - | - |
| AeroCaribe Airlines | Caracas |
| Airway Línea Aérea | Caracas |
| Blue Star Aviation | Caracas |
| Conviasa | Caracas |
| SASCA Airlines | Caracas |

## Accidents

* 4 January 2008 (2008-01-04): a Transaven Let L-410 Turbolet crashed into the ocean while on a scheduled domestic flight from Caracas, Venezuela, to Los Roques, killing all 14 on board.
* 4 January 2013 (2013-01-04): a Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crashed into the ocean while on a domestic flight from Los Roques to Caracas, killing all 6 people on board, including Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni.
