Airports / Venezuela / BNS
Barinas Airport
SVBI / BNSBarinas, VenezuelaELEV 615 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
37 nm
To the nearest alternate
Guanare Airport (GUQ) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Barinas, Venezuela, Barinas Airport (SVBI / BNS) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 615 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BNS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Guanare Airport (GUQ, 37 nm), Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV, 49 nm), and Alberto Carnevalli Airport (MRD, 56 nm).
Charter pricing from BNS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Barinas.
Field capability
ICAO
SVBI
IATA
BNS
FAA / Local
SVBI
Elevation
615 ft
Coordinates
8.6150° N · 70.2142° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Venezuela fields
state range 5–5,007 ft
At 615 ft, BNS sits higher than 61% of the 49 Venezuela fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 37nmGUQGuanare AirportGuanare
- 49nmVLVDr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño AirportValera
- 56nmMRDAlberto Carnevalli AirportMérida
- 62nmPTMPalmarito AirportPalmarito
- 81nmAGVOswaldo Guevara Mujica AirportAcarigua
- 87nmVIGJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonso AirportEl Vigía
Location
Open the full mapSVBI · Barinas Airport · Barinas, Venezuela