Frank País Airport

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
Website holguin.airportcuba.net
Map
MUHG
Location in Cuba
Runways
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.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aero Caribbean Havana, Santiago de Cuba
Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau
Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson
Air Transat Seasonal: Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa [begins January 5, 2012], Toronto-Pearson, Quebec City
ArkeFly Amsterdam
Blue Panorama Airlines Milan-Malpensa
CanJet Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal-Trudeau, Quebec City, St. John's, Toronto-Pearson
Condor Frankfurt
Cubana de Aviación Havana, London-Gatwick, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Seasonal: Halifax
Edelweiss 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
Thomson Airways London-Gatwick
Seasonal: Manchester
WestJet 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:

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

  1. ^ Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
  4. ^ "Post Offices of the USAAF". http://www.armyairforces.com/Data/PostOffices.aspx. 

External links

International airports of Cuba