Jaime González Airport

Jaime González Airport Aeropuerto "Jaime González"
Airport sign at the entrance
IATA: CFG – ICAO: MUCF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ECASA
Serves	Cienfuegos, Cuba
Elevation AMSL	31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates	22°09′00″N 080°23′51″W / 22.15000°N 80.39750°W / 22.15000; -80.39750Coordinates: 22°09′00″N 080°23′51″W / 22.15000°N 80.39750°W / 22.15000; -80.39750
Website	cienfuegos.airportcuba.net
Map
CFG 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.

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).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Charter

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^[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. 1 2 Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
2. ↑ "Aeropuertos de Cuba" [Airports of Cuba] (in Spanish). El Instituto de Aeronáutica Civil de Cuba (IACC). 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". 
6. ↑ "Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words". 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaime González Airport.

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

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