Santiago de Cuba airport
| Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo de Santiago de Cuba | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | MUCU |
| IATA code | SCU |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 76 m (249 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 7 km south of Santiago de Cuba |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1954 |
| operator | ECASA |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
800 passengers / h |
| Runways | |
| 09/27 | 4002 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 18/36 | 1400 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Antonio Maceo Airport (official name: Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo ), IATA code : SCU , is an international airport in the south of Santiago de Cuba , Cuba .
After three years of construction, the airport was inaugurated in 1954 and extensively renovated in 1991.
Santiago is mainly approached by propeller planes, but jet planes also land here . The majority of commercial flights to Santiago are domestic flights. But there are also 20 flights a week to international destinations, operated by both Cuban and international airlines.
The airport occasionally serves as a ceremonial reception point for foreign state guests. The visit of Pope Benedict XVI on March 26, 2012 attracted international attention . at the beginning of his three-day stay in Cuba.
By Hurricane Sandy October 25, 2012, the airport facilities were damaged over 90 percent. A 56-ton airliner of the type Jak-42 was moved 20 meters from its parking space on the tarmac by the storm. After a six-day closure, flight operations were initially resumed using a mobile control tower. On October 30, 2012, the first of several foreign transport aircraft landed with aid deliveries for the disaster area.
Web links
- Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
- Santiago de Cuba Airport - Antonio Maceo International Airport (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
- ↑ Jörg Bremer : Benedikt encourages an “open and renewed society”, in: FAZ.net of March 26, 2012, accessed on March 3, 2015
- ↑ Se inicia la recuperación del aeropuerto de Santiago de Cuba, in: Cuba Encuentro of October 30, 2012, accessed on March 3, 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Recobran operatividad del Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo, ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Cuba Sindical, October 30, 2012, accessed March 3, 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Cuba recibe primer vuelo con ayuda humanitaria de Venezuela, ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Message on the website of the Venezuelan government, accessed on March 3, 2015 (Spanish)
