FAA warns all pilots of risks of flying over Venezuela over ‘worsening security situation’
November 21, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has warned all pilots to “exercise caution” when flying in the airspace over Venezuela “due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity.” The message Friday said the unspecified threats “could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes” as well planes taking off and landing in the country and even aircraft on the ground. The warning comes as the Trump administration keeps ramping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. military has conducted bomber flights up to the coast of Venezuela and sent the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford into the region. It’s the latest addition to the largest U.S. force assembled in the Caribbean Sea in generations.