| El Carmolí | |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Coordinates: | 37.6833°N -52°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Murcia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name2: | Campo de Cartagena |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type4: | Village |
| Subdivision Name4: | Los Urrutias |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
El Carmolí is an area in Los Urrutias, Cartagena municipality, in the Campo de Cartagena comarca, Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain. It used to be the site of a military air base, located near a homonymous hill in the flat Mar Menor area.[1] One noteworthy spot in the territory is a hill which name is also El Carmolí and is an ancient volcano that started erupting seven million years ago.[2]
The El Carmolí zone is part of a protected area called Parque Natural de Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor.[3]
A military aerodrome was built in El Carmolí before the Spanish Civil War. It was used by the Spanish Republican Air Force for its High-speed Flying School (Escuela de Vuelo de Alta Velocidad), a training facility for fighter aircraft pilots.[4] Some of the flying instructors based at El Carmolí were from the Soviet Union.[5]
After the Civil War the airfield was used by the Spanish Air Force as an emergency landing facility.[6]