Airports / Venezuela / SOM
San Tomé Airport
SVST / SOMEl Tigre, VenezuelaELEV 861 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Anaco Airport (AAO).
Overview
San Tomé Airport (SVST / SOM) is a mid-sized airport serving El Tigre, Venezuela. The field lies at an elevation of 861 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
SOM has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Anaco Airport (AAO, 35 nm), General Tomas de Heres Airport (CBL, 61 nm), and José Tadeo Monagas International Airport (MUN, 76 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SOM vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Don Edmundo Barrios and San José de Guanipa. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SOM, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SVST
IATA
SOM
FAA / Local
SVST
Elevation
861 ft
Coordinates
8.9451° N · 64.1511° 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 861 ft, SOM sits higher than 69% 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.
- 35nmAAOAnaco AirportAnaco
- 61nmCBLGeneral Tomas de Heres AirportCiudad Bolivar
- 76nmMUNJosé Tadeo Monagas International AirportMaturín
- 77nmBLAGeneral José Antonio Anzoategui International AirportBarcelona
- 90nmCUMAntonio José de Sucre AirportCumaná
- 91nmPZOGeneral Manuel Carlos Piar International AirportGuyana City
Location
Open the full mapSVST · San Tomé Airport · El Tigre, Venezuela