Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport — El Vigía, Venezuela

VIG denotes Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso Airport, serving the town of El Vigia in Merida State, Venezuela, near the shores of Lake Maracaibo. The airport supports domestic flights connecting this agricultural and commercial hub to larger Venezuelan cities, facilitating trade in the surrounding lowland farming region. El Vigia serves as a gateway to the Venezuelan Andes, and VIG provides an alternative to lengthier road travel through mountainous terrain. The facility is modest in scale, with a single runway suited to smaller aircraft typical of Venezuela's domestic aviation network. Economic and operational challenges affecting Venezuelan aviation in recent years have reduced frequency at many domestic airports, VIG included, compared to earlier decades.