Óscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport Explained

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]

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.[5] [6]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/@10.2877184,-66.8156291,4323m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Oscar Machado Zuloaga
  2. http://www.acading.org.ve/info/ingenieria/pubdocs/Machado_Zuloaga,_Oscar.pdf Machado Zuloaga biography
  3. http://www.aeropuerto-caracas-omz.com/services/ils.htm Rwy 10 ILS
  4. http://ourairports.com/navaids/TUY/Charallave_VOR-DME_VE/#lat=10.295000076293945,lon=-66.79730224609375,zoom=10,type=Satellite Charallave VOR
  5. http://www.aeropuerto-caracas-omz.com/services/index_s.htm#fixed Airport services Airport services
  6. http://www.aeropuerto-caracas-omz.com/information/index_s.htm Airport information