Jaime González Airport
International airport that serves Cienfuegos, Cuba
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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.
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Jaime González Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Jaime González | |||||||||||
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Airport sign at the entrance | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | ECASA | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cienfuegos, Cuba | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 31 m (102 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°09′00″N 080°23′51″W | ||||||||||
| Website | cienfuegosinternational | ||||||||||
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.svg)  CFG Location in Cuba | |||||||||||
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| Source: Aerodrome chart[1] | |||||||||||
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]
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]
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]
