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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,225 ft / 373 m

11,483
  
3,500

Elevation
  
373 m

Operator
  
Abertis

16/34
  
11,483

Code
  
VVI

Phone
  
+591 3 3385000

Viru Viru International Airport

Location
  
Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Address
  
Av. G77, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Similar
  
Sun Hotel, El Trompillo Airport, AASANA, Diario El DIA, Universid Católica Boliviana

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Viru Viru International Airport (IATA: VVI, ICAO: SLVR) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia is Bolivia's largest international airport. Viru Viru handles domestic, regional, and international flights from Bolivia, North America, South America and Europe and is the hub for Bolivia's biggest airline Boliviana de Aviación. The airport is able to handle aircraft up to the Boeing 747-400.

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History

The airport was opened in 1983, to replace the obsolete El Trompillo Airport. Upon its inauguration, Viru Viru became a main gateway for international flights. Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano used Viru Viru as a hub before ceasing operations in 2008. On 1 March 1997 the government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia — El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann International Airport in Cochabamba and Viru Viru International Airport. Servicios de Aeropuertos Bolivianos Sociedad Anonima (SABSA) was created to operate the concession. In 1999 Airport Group International was purchased by TBI plc. In 2004, Spain's Abertis/AENA purchased TBI.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 8 March 2006, an Argentine air force Learjet 35 flying from El Alto International Airport in La Paz to Viru Viru crashed after take off, killing all six people on board.
  • 23 July 2010: an AeroSur Boeing 737 flying from Miami, Florida, USA, to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, with 122 passengers and 6 crew members on board, lost cabin pressurization at 08:00 UTC over the Brazilian Amazon basin and was forced to land at Rio Branco International Airport.
  • 1 November 2014: A privately owned de Havilland DH-114 Heron four engined aircraft on a ferry flight from Miami, USA to Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB),made an emergency landing at Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) in Bolivia following the in flight separation of the no. 3 prop. The prop struck engine no. 4, causing substantial damage to that engine.
  • References

    Viru Viru International Airport Wikipedia


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