Frank País Airport

Frank País Airport
IATA: HOGICAO: 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 20°47′08″N 076°18′54″W / 20.78556°N 76.31500°W / 20.78556; -76.31500Coordinates: 20°47′08″N 076°18′54″W / 20.78556°N 76.31500°W / 20.78556; -76.31500
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.

History

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.[2]

Holguín Air Base

The airport is headquarters to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Eastern Command. The airport is also the base for a fighter training centre of the 3710th Interceptor Squadron and Training

The base is home to several Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21BIS and UM aircraft. It is also home to a general purpose transport squadron using Mil Mi-17 (4-6) helicopters, stored at one end of the airport.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aero Caribbean Havana, Santiago de Cuba
Air Canada Seasonal: Ottawa
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Québec City
American Airlines Charter: Miami, Tampa
Blue Panorama Airlines Milan–Malpensa
Cayman Airways Cayman Brac
Condor Frankfurt
Copa Airlines Panama City (begins 21 June 2016)[4]
Cubana de Aviación Havana, Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Eastern Air Lines Charter: Miami
Neos Milan–Malpensa
Sunwing Airlines Bagotville, Montréal–Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto–Pearson, Winnipeg
Seasonal: Charlottetown, London (ON), Regina
Thomas Cook Airlines London–Gatwick, Manchester (UK)
TUI Airlines Netherlands Amsterdam
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson

References

External links

Media related to Frank País Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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