Airports / Venezuela / STB
Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport
SVSZ / STBSan Carlos del Zulia, VenezuelaELEV 32 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
26 nm
To the nearest alternate
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela, Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (SVSZ / STB) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 32 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into STB for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG, 26 nm), La Fria Airport (LFR, 48 nm), and Alberto Carnevalli Airport (MRD, 52 nm).
Charter pricing from STB depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Relámpago del Catatumbo National and Santa Bárbara del Zulia. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from San Carlos del Zulia.
Field capability
ICAO
SVSZ
IATA
STB
FAA / Local
SVSZ
Elevation
32 ft
Coordinates
8.9746° N · 71.9433° 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
No
Elevation vs Venezuela fields
state range 5–5,007 ft
At 32 ft, STB sits lower than 88% 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.
- 26nmVIGJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonso AirportEl Vigía
- 48nmLFRLa Fria Airport
- 52nmMRDAlberto Carnevalli AirportMérida
- 71nmCUCCamilo Daza International AirportCúcuta
- 72nmSCIParamillo AirportSan Cristóbal
- 74nmSVZJuan Vicente Gómez International AirportSan Antonio del Tachira
Location
Open the full mapSVSZ · Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport · San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela