Jaime González Airport

Jaime González Airport
Jaime González Airport
Aeropuerto "Jaime González"
IATA: CFGICAO: MUCF
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ECASA
Serves Cienfuegos, Cuba
Elevation AMSL 31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates 22°09′00″N 080°23′51″W / 22.15°N 80.3975°W / 22.15; -80.3975Coordinates: 22°09′00″N 080°23′51″W / 22.15°N 80.3975°W / 22.15; -80.3975
Website cienfuegos.airportcuba.net
Map
MUCF is located in Cuba
MUCF
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: CFGICAO: MUCF) is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos,[3] a city on the southern coast of Cuba, and capital of the province of Cienfuegos.

Contents

Facilities

The airport resides 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 × 45 m (7,874 × 148 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Airlines Destinations
CanJet Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
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 (airline) Miami

Cienfuegos Air Base

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

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. ^ a b Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
  2. ^ "Aeropuertos de Cuba [Airports of Cuba]" (in Spanish). El Instituto de Aeronáutica Civil de Cuba (IACC). http://www.iacc.gov.cu/aerodromos.asp. Retrieved 30 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Airport information for MUCF from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  4. ^ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
  5. ^ "World War II US Navy Post Office Numbers". http://bluejacket.com/usn-usmc_ww2_location-codes.html. 
  6. ^ "Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words". http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq79-1.htm. 

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