El Carmolí

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]

El Carmolí
View of the El Carmolí area
El Carmolí
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°41′N 0°52′W
Country Spain
CommunityMurcia
ComarcaCampo de Cartagena
MunicipalityCartagena
VillageLos Urrutias
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The El Carmolí zone is part of a protected area called Parque Natural de Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor.[3]

Aerodrome

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]

References
  1. El-Carmoli Murcia Airport Map
  2. "LIG- Volcán del Carmolí - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  3. Región de Murcia Digital - Espacios protegidos
  4. Memoria republicana — SBHAC. Estructura orgánica de las FARE
  5. Michael Alpert, The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, p. 250
  6. "Ejército del Aire - Academia General del Aire (AGA)". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-01-11.


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