Antonio Maceo Airport

Antonio Maceo Airport
Antonio Maceo Airport
IATA: SCU – ICAO: MUCU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	ECASA
Location	Santiago de Cuba
Elevation AMSL	249 ft / 76 m
Coordinates	19°58′11″N 75°50′07″W / 19.96972°N 75.83528°W
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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.

The airport is basically a turbo-prop center. Nevertheless, jets 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.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aerocaribbean (Havana, Holguin, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo)
Aerogaviota (Cayo Coco, Havana, Holguin, Varadero)
Aerotaxi (Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo del Sur, Havana, Varadero)
American Airlines (Miami) [scheduled charters]
- American Eagle (Miami) [scheduled charters]
CanJet (Toronto-Pearson)
Caribair (Puerto Plata, Santiago de los Caballeros) seasonal
Cubana de Aviación (Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguin, Madrid, Montréal-Trudeau, Paris-Orly, Varadero)
Skyservice (Toronto-Pearson)
Sunwing Airlines (Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson)

[edit] Security Warning

As with some other airports in Latin America, there are reports of incidents where items or money got stolen by security officers during the searching of bags and other personal belongings of passengers. Be explicitly aware when one security officer distracts you with questions while another is still searching your bags.