Jardines del Rey Airport

Jardines del Rey International Airport
IATA: CCC – ICAO: MUCC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aena/ECASA
Location		Cayo Coco
Elevation AMSL		4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates		22°27′40″N 078°19′43″W
Map
MUCC Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
08/26	3,000	9,843	Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart

Jardines del Rey Airport (IATA: CCC, ICAO: MUCC) is an airport situated on the Island of Cayo Coco, in the Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. The airport was inaugurated on December 26, 2002, replacing the earlier Cayo Coco Airport 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west. The airport is the only one in Cuba that has a shared administration with Aena, a Spanish company that manages 47 airports in Spain, twelve in Mexico and three in Colombia. Thousands of Canadian and European holiday makers pass through the airport every year. The airport serves holiday makers bound to both Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco.

Services

• VIP Lounges: The Airport has two VIP lounges, one belonging to Cubana de Aviación. The lounges provide tea/coffee, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, snack bar, restaurant, TV, video, magazines/newspapers, check-in at class-differentiated counters, immigration and onboard control and flight information.

• Bank office: The airport has a bank office that is open 24 hours a day. This is the only office in the Keys that offers bank service on weekends.

• Shop: The airport has two duty free shops and one point of sale for books and music in the international departures area as well as a point of sale of drinks and cigars, in the check-in area.

• Snack bar and restaurant

• Nursery: At the disposal of the clients, there is a free service of nursery school, equipped with toys and attended by personnel of the airport.

Communications and access

By road: Access to the Jardines del Rey Airport is gained along a highway that links the tourist destination with the rest of the country. The island is united to the mainland by a 17 km (11 mi) causeway that starts from Turiguanó (to 40 km (25 mi) from the airport).

The times of access by highway are the following:

• Ciego de Avila: 75 min
• Morón: 50 min.
• Cayo Guillermo: 35 min.
• Cayo Coco: 15 min.

There is no regular bus route that links the mentioned cities to the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aero Caribbean	Havana
Aerogaviota	Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero
Air Canada	Montréal-Trudeau Seasonal: Halifax, Toronto-Pearson
Air Transat	Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Blue Panorama Airlines	Milan-Malpensa
CanJet	Ottawa, Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Cubana de Aviación	Havana, Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
Hola Sun operated by Cubana de Aviacion	Hamilton, Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Sunwing Airlines	Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Québec City, Toronto-Pearson
Thomas Cook Airlines	London-Gatwick, Glasgow-International, Manchester (UK)
WestJet	Toronto-Pearson

External links

• Cubana destinations and airports