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Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base

Coordinates: 10°29′06″N 66°50′37″W / 10.48500°N 66.84361°W / 10.48500; -66.84361
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Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
Base Aérea Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda
Caracas, Capital District in Venezuela
Site information
TypeMilitary Air base
OwnerNational Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
OperatorBolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela
Location
La Carlota is located in Venezuela
La Carlota
La Carlota
Shown within Venezuela
La Carlota is located in South America
La Carlota
La Carlota
La Carlota (South America)
Coordinates10°29′06″N 66°50′37″W / 10.48500°N 66.84361°W / 10.48500; -66.84361
Site history
Built1992 (1992)
In use1992 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: SVFM
Elevation835 metres (2,740 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
11/29 1,974 metres (6,476 ft) Asphalt

Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base (IATA: N/A, ICAO: SVFM), commonly called by its former name of La Carlota, is located in Caracas, Venezuela. The airport is named for Francisco de Miranda, a South American revolutionary.

The airport was used for tourist and private flights.[1] On 27 November 1992, the airport was bombed during Hugo Chávez's coup attempt.[2] It has been closed to public use since 2005 and is used only for military purposes and aeromedic flights (EMS).

In April 2019, the airport was the starting point of the 2019 Venezuela uprising.[3]

On 3 January 2026 at 02:00 a.m. VET, the airport was hit by the US military as part of an operation to abduct President Nicolás Maduro.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (1970). Diagnóstico del Sector Transporte [Diagnosis of the Transport Sector] (in Spanish). Vol. 6. Caracas: Conavial. p. 11. OCLC 253757689.
  2. ^ Ojeda, William (1993). Las Verdades del 27-N [The Truth of November 27] (in Spanish). Caracas: Vadell Hnos. Editores. p. 111. ISBN 978-9-80212-149-6.
  3. ^ "Guaidó le habla a Venezuela desde la Base Aérea La Carlota (VIDEO)". La Patilla (in Spanish). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ Delgado, Antonio María (3 January 2026). "Multiple explosions reported overnight in Caracas; Maduro government remains silent". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 3 January 2026. Retrieved 3 January 2026.


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