# Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, Caracas, Venezuela

**Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base** is a medium airport in Caracas, Miranda State, Venezuela. It opened in 1946. It has one runway, 1,974 m (6,475 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/svfm

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
- Serves: Caracas, Miranda State, Venezuela
- Opened: 1946
- Elevation: 835 m / 2,739 ft
- Coordinates: 10.4850, -66.8435
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,974 m / 6,475 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Caracas
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_de_Miranda_Air_Base (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274614
- Weather station: SVFM · WMO 80416
- Ident: SVFM

## Timeline

- 1946: Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,974 m / 6,475 ft | 43 m / 140 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,974 m / 6,475 ft | #4,141 of 29,858 | #310 in South America | #33 in VE |
| Elevation | 835 m / 2,739 ft | =6,177 of 43,403 | =671 in South America | #24 in VE |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =41 in South America | #2 in VE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =11 in VE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | MIRANDA RDO | 569.550 |
| TWR | MIRANDA TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [CCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmi.md) Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [SVCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svcs.md) Caracas Óscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [SVMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmp.md) Metropolitano International Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [SVBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svbl.md) El Libertador Airbase · 85 km / 53 mi
- [SVJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svjm.md) San Juan de Los Morros Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [MYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svbs.md) Escuela Mariscal Sucre Airport · 92 km / 57 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/svfm/data