Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base

Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
Base Aérea Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda
Caracas, Capital District in Venezuela
Site information
Type	Military Air base
Owner	National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Operator	Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela
Location
La Carlota Shown within Venezuela Show map of Venezuela La Carlota La Carlota (South America) Show map of South America
Coordinates	10°29′06″N66°50′37″W / 10.48500°N 66.84361°W / 10.48500; -66.84361
Site history
Built	1992 (1992)
In use	1992 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: SVFM
Elevation	835 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 near Caracas, Venezuela. The airport is named for Francisco de Miranda, a South American revolutionary. It is close to La Carlota, Miranda.

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 VET, the airport was hit by the US military as part of an operation to abduct President Nicolás Maduro. ^[4]

References

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.