Leg 23 SVCP - Carupano (Venezuela) to SVCB - Ciudad Bolivar (Venezuela)
SVCP - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SVCP
Airport name: General Bermudez Airport
Location: Carupano Venezuela
Useful information
Airport elevation: 33'
Time zone: AT (UTC-4)
Lighted runways: No
Maximum runway lenght: 6570'
Runway surface: Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
none
Carupano Info
In the North of the Sucre State in Venezuela, between the peninsulas of Araya and Paria, is located the city of Carupano.
A city of happy and friendly people, Carupano was very important at the beginning of the century, as the exporting port of coffee and cocoa. Now it is an excellent departing point to visit Araya and Paria.
The colorful carnivals of Carupano, are probably the best in Venezuela.
Something very curious in this city is the House of Cable, where arrived the first submarine cable between Europe and America, joining the French city of Marseille with Carupano, back in the late XIX century. This house is today the headquarter of the Tomas Merle foundation and the Paria Project, two organizations that are trying to improve the region through a model where tourism, industry, nature and people can coexist with harmony.
It is in Carupano, where Simon Bolivar, the liberator of Venezuela, issued a decree ending slavery in 1814.
One of the most important squares in Carupano is Plaza Colon (Columbus Square). In fact, it is very close from there, in Macuro (Paria) where Christopher Columbus landed in the American continent for the first and only time, during his third trip. (In all the other trips he was only in islands).
SVCB - Airport Info
ICAO code: SVCB
Airport name: Bolivar Airport
Location: Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela
Useful information
Airport elevation: 197'
Time zone: AT (UTC-4)
Lighted runways: Yes
Maximum runway lenght: 5698'
Runway surface: Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
none
Ciudad Bolivar Info
Ciudad Bolivar is one of the Venezuelan cities that keep more history on its streets, squares and museums. Formerly named Angostura because of its location on the narrowest part of the majestic Orinoco. Site of many independence battles and one of the first regions in the country to be freed from the Spanish bondage; it was declared interim capital of the newly formed republic in 1818 by the Liberator Simon Bolivar. From here, a year later Bolivar addressed the country his famous "Discurso de Angostura" (Angostura's Speech), in which he gave up all the special powers The Congress had granted him and laid out the new republic paradigm.
A place worthy of being visited is La Casa de San Isidro (San Isidro's House), property of the Cornieles family, often visited by the Liberator and where he wrote the Angostura's Speech. Presently transformed into a museum where you can glance at the colonial lifestyle and admire the gorgeous surrounding gardens.
A most attracting place in the city is the Bolivar Square surrounded by The Angostura Congress House, The Cathedral with its peculiar salmon color, The Piar House where Manuel Piar was kept prisoner before being executed, The Parish House and the colonial Governor's House today's Town Hall.
Downloads
SRTM LOD9 mesh for Venezuela - ven_srtm.zip ( on Avsim.com )
airport scenery of SVCP Carupano - car.zip ( on Flightsim.com )
airport scenery of SVCB (developed for FS2002, but works well also under FS9) - ciudad_bolivar_2003_110640.zip ( on Avsim.com )