Antonio Maceo Airport

Antonio Maceo Airport
IATA: SCU – ICAO: MUCU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		ECASA
Location		Santiago de Cuba
Elevation AMSL		76 m / 249 ft
Coordinates		19°58′12″N 075°50′08″W / 19.97°N 75.83556°W / 19.97; -75.83556Coordinates: 19°58′12″N 075°50′08″W / 19.97°N 75.83556°W / 19.97; -75.83556
Map
MUCU Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	4,002	13,130	Asphalt
01/19	1,400	4,593	Asphalt
Aerodrome chart[1]

Antonio Maceo Airport (IATA: SCU, ICAO: MUCU) is an international airport located in Santiago, Cuba

The airport has a drawing of Che Guevara on one of its outside walls. Pope John Paul II flew to this airport during his last visit to Cuba, flying round-trip between here and José Martí International Airport in Havana. Likewise, Pope Benedict XVI, during the second papal visit to Cuba, flew here for Mass and other activities, from his visit to León and Guanajuato in Mexico, before moving on to Havana.

The airport is basically a turbo-prop centre. Nevertheless, Jet aircraft also fly to this airport. Most commercial flights into SCU are domestic, but there are about twenty international flights each week; while these international flights are done mostly by domestic airlines, the international routes have nevertheless awakened the interest of some foreign airlines that might open flights into this airport in the future.

Scheduled services

Note: † denotes flights to the United States which are operated as scheduled Special Authority Charters.

Santiago de Cuba Base

The airport was home to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces:

• 35th Transport Regiment - Antonov An-2 and Antonov An-26 transports
• 36th Helicopter Regiment - Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-24

The helipads are now part of the executive jet terminal on the north end of the airport.

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 November 2010, Aero Caribbean Flight 883, an ATR 72-212, crashed in the centre of the country with 68 people on board. The aircraft was flying from Santiago de Cuba to Havana when it went down. 28 foreigners were reported to be among the passengers. There were no survivors.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Aerodrome chart Issued 27 September 2007
2. ^ BBC - Cuba passenger plane crash kills all 68 people on board
3. ^ NY times - Cuban Plane Crash Kills 68 People

External links

http://www.newsday.com/news/puerto-rico-cuba-flights-resume-after-decades-1.3123747

Cuba portal

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