Naval Station Rota

Naval Station Rota
Base Naval de Rota
Rota, Province of Cádiz in Spain
Four US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers moored at Naval Station Rota during 2017
Coordinates	36°37′15″N 6°19′54″W / 36.620763°N 6.331558°W / 36.620763; -6.331558
Type	Joint Spanish Navy and US Navy port and airbase
Site information
Owner	Spanish Ministry of Defence
Operator	Spanish Navy US Navy
Controlled by	Naval Action Force (Spain) Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central (USN)
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1953 (1953)
In use	1953 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Vice Admiral Rubén Rodríguez Peña (Spain) Captain Teague J. Suarez (USN)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ROZ, ICAO: LERT, WMO: 084490
Elevation	26 metres (85 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28 3,690 metres (12,106 ft) Concrete/Asphalt
Source: Aeronautical Information Service Spain[1]

Naval Station Rota, also known as NAVSTA Rota (IATA: ROZ, ICAO: LERT) (Spanish: Base Naval de Rota), is a Spanish-U.S. naval base commanded by a Spanish rear admiral.^[2] Located in Rota in the Province of Cádiz, NAVSTA Rota is the largest American military community in Spain, housing U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel. There are also small U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force contingents on the base.