Jaime González Airport

Jaime González Airport

*Aeropuerto Internacional Jaime González*
Jaime González Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional 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
Website	cienfuegosinternational.com
Map
	CFG Location in Cuba
Runways
	Source: Aerodrome chart

Jaime González Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jaime González) (IATA: CFG, ICAO: MUCF) is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos,^[2] 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

Airlines	Destinations
Sunwing Airlines	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson

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^[3]

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.^[4]

The US Navy code word for Cienfuegos during the war was ODOP.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Aerodrome chart Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine Issued 30 October 2007
^ Airport information for MUCF^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^ "Cuban Air Force DAAFAR". Cuba Uncovered. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
^ "World War II US Navy Post Office Numbers". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
^ "Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words".

External links

Media related to Jaime González Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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

[chart-1] Aerodrome chart Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine Issued 30 October 2007

[WAD-2] Airport information for MUCF^[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)

[3] "Cuban Air Force DAAFAR". Cuba Uncovered. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-03-29.

[4] "World War II US Navy Post Office Numbers". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-01.

[5] "Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words".

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