Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport | |
Icao: | SVCS |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Caracas |
Elevation-F: | 2142 |
Coordinates: | 10.2867°N -66.8167°W |
Website: | http://www.aeropuerto-caracas-omz.com/ |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Pushpin Label: | SVCS |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Venezuela |
R1-Number: | 10/28 |
R1-Length-M: | 2000 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Maps[1] |
Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport 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.[2]
The airport sits atop a ridge 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.[3] The Charallave VOR-DME (Ident: TUY) is 0.6nmi northeast of the Runway 28 threshold.[4]
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.[5] [6]