Jaime González Airport

Jaime González Airport Aeropuerto "Jaime González"
IATA: CFG – ICAO: MUCF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		ECASA
Serves		Cienfuegos, Cuba
Elevation AMSL		31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates
Website		cienfuegos.airportcuba.net
Map
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: 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.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Scheduled 2.2 Charter 3 Cienfuegos Air Base 4 History of Cienfuegos Air Base 4.1 World War II 5 References 6 External links

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:

• 15th Transport Regiment - Antonov An-2 and Antonov An-26 transport
• 16th Helicopter Regiment - Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-14 and Mil Mi-17(Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17)
• 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. ^ ^{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. 

External links

• cienfuegos.airportcuba.net Complete information about Jaime González airport
• Current weather for MUCF at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for CFG at Aviation Safety Network

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)