# Aeropuerto Nacional Doctor Juan Plate (VMI)

> Puerto Vallemi, PY · IATA: VMI · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `VMI` |
| City | Puerto Vallemi |
| Country | PY |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 85 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -22.15937, -57.94239 |

## Description

Puerto Vallemí owes its existence to limestone: the town in Paraguay's San Lázaro district hosts Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC), the country's largest cement producer, in operation since 1949. Dr. Juan Plate Airport (IATA VMI) serves that community but is a small national field with no scheduled airline service and no cargo terminal, and bulk cement in any case moves by barge rather than by air. Heavy freight leaves via the river port on the Río Paraguay and by road to Concepción, some 180 km to the southeast, on a route asphalted with Mercosur FOCEM structural funding. Asunción lies roughly 570 km away, and air freight for the region is handled almost entirely at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), where Paraguay's customs administration and cargo handling agents are based. VMI retains practical value mainly for charter and air ambulance flights into northern Paraguay. Shippers planning an air freight movement to Vallemí should budget for onward trucking from Asunción or for river barge from the port.

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