| Manises Air Base Base Aérea de Manises | |
| Partof: | Spanish Air Force (SPAF) (Ejército del Aire) |
| Location: | Located in Manises, Spain |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Label: | Manises AB |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 230 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Manises Air Base, Spain |
| Type: | Air Force Base |
| Built: | 1944 |
| Used: | 1944–1999 |
| Occupants: | Manises |
Manises Air Base (Spanish; Castilian: Base Aérea de Manises) is a defunct Spanish Air Force base. It was located in Manises by Valencia Airport, the civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Valencia, Spain.
The air base housed the following units in the past:
See also: Valencia Airport. During the Spanish Civil War Manises airfield became a Spanish Republican Air Force base for the military planes that took part in the Battle of Teruel.In 1944 the air base was reopened as the seat of a Spanish Air Force fighter wing. The first modern fighters arriving to the base were the F-86 Sabre of which there were 123 units at a certain point. The Sabre were replaced by Mirage III in 1970.[3]
The decision to close the base was taken in 1997. It was officially dismantled on 31 July 1999 when the military installations were taken over by AENA, the Spanish Airports Authority. The equipment and the aircraft were transferred to Los Llanos Air Base, Albacete, and the military command was taken over by Zaragoza Air Base. Currently the airport complex is exclusively for civilian use.[4]