Overview
- The FAA NOTAM urges caution for flights at all altitudes in Venezuelan airspace and the wider Maiquetía FIR, but it does not prohibit operations.
- The agency notes increased GNSS interference since September with lingering effects on flights, alongside large-scale Venezuelan drills and mobilization.
- The Air Force reported a B-52, supported by KC-135 tankers and fighters, conducted a bomber attack demonstration in the Southern Command area.
- U.S. forces have expanded their regional presence with the USS Gerald R. Ford, multiple warships and F-35s, and report strikes on suspected drug boats since September that have killed more than 80 people.
- U.S. airlines have not flown direct to Venezuela since 2019; American Airlines ended overflights in October and U.S. operators must now provide the FAA 72 hours’ notice before transiting the airspace.