Jaime González Airport

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Jaime González Airport
Aeropuerto "Jaime González"
File:Airport sign, Cienfuegos, Cuba. (11805417135).jpg
Airport sign at the entrance
IATA: CFG – ICAO: MUCF
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ECASA
Serves Cienfuegos, Cuba
Elevation AMSL 31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website cienfuegos.airportcuba.net
Map
CFG is located in Cuba
CFG
CFG
Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Jaime González Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto "Jaime González"[2]) (IATA: CFG, ICAO: MUCF) is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos,[3] a city on the southern coast of Cuba, and capital of the province of Cienfuegos.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 31 m (102 ft) above mean sea level; it has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,400 m × 45 m (7,874 ft × 148 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Airlines Destinations
Cubana de Aviación Havana, Montréal–Trudeau, Santiago de Cuba, Toronto–Pearson
Sunwing Airlines Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson

Charter

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Miami
Miami Air Miami
Sky King Miami

Cienfuegos Air Base

The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:

  • 3684 Helicopter Regiment - Mil Mi-8TB transport helicopters, Mil Mi-24D attack/transport helicopter and Mil Mi-35 helicopter gunship/transport[4]

History of Cienfuegos Air Base

World War II

During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations. They used the Fleet Post Office, Atlantic located in New York, New York with the address: 317 FPO NY.[5]

The US Navy code word for Cienfuegos during the war was ODOP.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Airport information for MUCF from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. ↑ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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