[TXnMA]

Orchilla Island Airstrip is not much in the way of a "base":

Single runway -- 10,000 feet "from pad to feet-wet" (claimed 10499 feet...)

Virtually zero apparent facilities (ILS, Tower, POL, etc.)

Marked parking to handle about five (5) TU-160s--with the wings fully-swept back.

Largest observed A/C on pad: De Havilland Twin Otter or Shorts 360-size.

TXnMA
 

[familyop]

On the matter of La Orchila, in the world of conspiracy theorists who favor the CSTO, its outposts and its allies in the new axis, Russia builds the most advanced military equipment in the world but cannot build an airstrip and naval air station facilities. The planned development is easily doable.

[familyop]

For readers here who’ve done some construction design and building,...

Isla La Orchila - Venezuela | La Orchila island, Venezuela | Ilha La Orchila - Venezuela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTW—h0H_84