- Frank País Airport
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Frank País International Airport IATA: HOG – ICAO: MUHG Summary Airport type Military/Public Operator ECASA (Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos S.A.) Serves Holguín Location municipio of Holguin Elevation AMSL 110 m / 361 ft Coordinates 20°47′08″N 076°47′54″W / 20.78556°N 76.79833°WCoordinates: 20°47′08″N 076°47′54″W / 20.78556°N 76.79833°W Website Map Location in Cuba
MUHGRunways Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,238 10,623 Asphalt Source: Aerodrome chart[1] Frank País Airport (IATA: HOG, ICAO: MUHG) is an international airport that serves the city of Holguín in Cuba. It bears the name of Cuban revolutionary Frank País and is located in the municipio of Frank País.
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Aero Caribbean Havana, Santiago de Cuba Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau
Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa [begins December 24], Toronto-PearsonAir Transat Seasonal: Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Quebec City ArkeFly Amsterdam Blue Panorama Airlines Milan-Malpensa CanJet Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, St. John's, Toronto-Pearson Condor Frankfurt Cubana de Aviación Havana, London-Gatwick, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: HalifaxEdelweiss Air Zürich Hola Sun operated by Cubana de Aviacion Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson Neos Milan-Malpensa Sunwing Airlines Bagotville, Montréal-Trudeau, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Manchester Thomas Cook Canada operated by Jazz Air Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson [begins December 22] Thomson Airways London-Gatwick
Seasonal: ManchesterWestJet Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson[2] Holguín Air Base
The airport is headquarters to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Eastern Command. The airport is also the base for two air regiments and fighter training centre:
- 1724th Interceptor Regiment
- 3710th Interceptor Squadron and Training
- 3840th Interceptor Squadron
- 34th Tactical Regiment
The base is home to Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN ground attack bombers and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. The base is also home to a general purpose transport squadron using Mil Mi-17 (4-6) and stored at one end of the airport.[3]
History
World War II
January 1, 1943 the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) set up postal operations for Levisa Bay using Army Post Office, Miami with the address: 4910 APO MIA. [4]
References
- ^ Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
- ^ "WestJet launches new service to Holguin – Airline makes inaugural flight between Toronto and Holguin today". WestJet press release. November 6, 2009. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2009/06/c4154.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
- ^ "Post Offices of the USAAF". http://www.armyairforces.com/Data/PostOffices.aspx.
External links
- Holguin (Frank Pais) Airport website: Holguin.AirportCuba.net
- Cubana destinations and airports
International airports of Cuba Abel Santamaría (Santa Clara) · Antonio Maceo (Santiago de Cuba) · Jardines del Rey (Cayo Coco) · Frank País (Holguin) · Ignacio Agramonte (Camaguey) · Jaime González (Cienfuegos) · José Martí (Havana) · Juan Gualberto Gómez (Varadero) · Vilo Acuña (Cayo Largo del Sur)
Categories:- Airports in Cuba
- Holguín
- Holguín Province
- Military history of Cuba
- Military facilities of the United States in Cuba
- 1724th Interceptor Regiment
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