Óscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport

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Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Caracas
Elevation  AMSL 2,142 ft / 653 m
Coordinates 10°17′12″N66°49′00″W / 10.28667°N 66.81667°W / 10.28667; -66.81667
Website http://www.aeropuerto-caracas-omz.com/
Map
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SVCS
Location of the airport in Venezuela
Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
10/282,0006,562Asphalt
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport( ICAO : SVCS) is a general aviation airport in the Miranda state of Venezuela, serving Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. The airport is named in honor of Oscar Machado Zuloaga, an engineer and civic developer. [3]

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The airport sits atop a ridge 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Caracas, near the town of Charallave. Low mountain terrain lies to the north, between the airport and Caracas.

The airport has an ILS approach to Runway 10. [4] The Charallave VOR-DME (Ident: TUY) is 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northeast of the Runway 28 threshold. [5]

Facilities

Customs and Immigration are available. The airport has full services, fuel, maintenance, weather, aircraft/avionics repair shops, snack bar, pilots briefing room and two flight schools. [6] [7]

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