Jardines del Rey Airport

Jardines del Rey International Airport
IATA: CCCICAO: MUCC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aena/ECASA
Location Cayo Coco
Elevation AMSL 4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates
Map
MUCC
Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Jardines del Rey Airport (IATA: CCCICAO: MUCC) is an airport situated on the Island of Cayo Coco, in the Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. The airport was inaugurated on December 26, 2002, replacing the earlier Cayo Coco Airport 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west. The airport is the only one in Cuba that has a shared administration with Aena, a Spanish company that manages 47 airports in Spain, twelve in Mexico and three in Colombia. Thousands of Canadian and European holiday makers pass through the airport every year. The airport serves holiday makers bound to both Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco.

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Services

Communications and access

By road: Access to the Jardines del Rey Airport is gained along a highway that links the tourist destination with the rest of the country. The island is united to the mainland by a 17 km (11 mi) causeway that starts from Turiguanó (to 40 km (25 mi) from the airport).

The times of access by highway are the following:

There is no regular bus route that links the mentioned cities to the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aero Caribbean Havana
Aerogaviota Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero
Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau
Seasonal: Halifax, Toronto-Pearson
Air Transat Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Blue Panorama Airlines Milan-Malpensa
CanJet Ottawa, Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Cubana de Aviación Havana, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
Hola Sun operated by Cubana de Aviacion Hamilton, Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Sunwing Airlines Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Thomas Cook Airlines London-Gatwick, Glasgow-International, Manchester (UK)
WestJet Toronto-Pearson

References

  1. ^ Aerodrome chart Issued 10 May 2007

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