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Jaime González Airport

Jaime González Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jaime González) (IATA: CFG, ICAO: MUCF) is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos, 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).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson

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

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

References

  1. ^ Aerodrome chart Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine Issued 30 October 2007
  2. ^ Airport information for MUCF from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  3. ^ "Cuban Air Force DAAFAR". Cuba Uncovered. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  4. ^ "World War II US Navy Post Office Numbers". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. ^ "Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words".

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