Palmarito Airport (PTM)

Palmarito Airport is a small regional airfield serving the town of Palmarito in Páez Municipality, Apure state, in western Venezuela. It functions primarily as a local aviation link for the llanos region, supporting charter, private and occasional essential flights rather than regular scheduled airline traffic.

The airport has a single asphalt runway aligned 05/23 and sits roughly 5 km south-southwest of Palmarito town centre. Operations are generally limited to daylight hours under visual flight rules, and the facility has limited infrastructure, with no customs or immigration processing and no large commercial passenger terminal.

Road access to Palmarito is informal, and private vehicles or pre-arranged transfers are the main way to continue into town and on toward nearby areas of Apure such as Guasdualito and Elorza, or toward Barinas. Travelers should confirm onward transport in advance because public taxis and scheduled buses do not serve the airfield directly.

For visitors arriving in this part of the Venezuelan plains, the airport is a useful but simple gateway, best suited to travelers who have planned their transport and supplies before landing.