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Name
Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
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ICAO / GPS
SVFM / SVFM
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:50 am (VET)
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Municipality
La Carlota
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Coordinates
10° 29′ 6″ N 66° 50′ 36″ E
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Elevation
2’739 ft (835 m MSL)
About Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
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.
On 27 November 1992, the airport was bombed during Hugo Chávez's attempted coup. 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.
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