Frank País Airport
Frank País Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | ECASA (Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos S.A.) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Holguín | ||||||||||
| Location | municipio of Holguin | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 110 m / 361 ft | ||||||||||
| Website | holguin.airportcuba.net | ||||||||||
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.svg)  MUHG Location in Cuba | |||||||||||
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Source: Aerodrome chart[1] | |||||||||||
Frank País Airport (IATA: HOG, ICAO: MUHG) is an international airport that serves the city of Holguín in Cuba. It bears the name of Cuban revolutionary Frank País.
History
January 1, 1943 the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) set up postal operations for Levisa Bay using Army Post Office, Miami with the address: 4910 APO MIA.[2]
Holguín Air Base
The airport is headquarters to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Eastern Command. The airport is also the base for a fighter training centre of the 3710th Interceptor Squadron and Training
The base is home to several Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21BIS and UM aircraft. It is also home to a general purpose transport squadron using Mil Mi-17 (4-6) helicopters, stored at one end of the airport.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero Caribbean | Havana, Santiago de Cuba |
| Air Canada | Seasonal: Ottawa |
| Air Canada Rouge | Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson |
| Air Transat | Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Québec City |
| American Airlines | Charter: Miami, Tampa |
| Blue Panorama Airlines | Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino |
| Cayman Airways | Cayman Brac |
| Condor | Frankfurt |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City (begins 21 June 2016)[4] |
| Cubana de Aviación | Havana, Santo Domingo, Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson |
| Eastern Air Lines | Charter: Miami |
| Neos | Milan–Malpensa |
| Sunwing Airlines | Bagotville, Montréal–Trudeau, Québec City, Toronto–Pearson, Winnipeg Seasonal: Charlottetown, London (ON), Regina |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | London–Gatwick, Manchester (UK) |
| TUI Airlines Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| WestJet | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
References
- ^ Aerodrome chart Issued 30 October 2007
- ^ "Post Offices of the USAAF".
- ^ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
- ^ "Copa Airlines Adds Holguin Service from late-June 2016". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
External links
Media related to Frank País Airport at Wikimedia Commons
