Airport type Public 02/20 2,400 Code CFG | Operator ECASA Elevation AMSL 31 m / 102 ft Elevation 31 m | |
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Jaime González Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jaime González) (IATA: CFG, ICAO: MUCF) is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast of Cuba, and capital of the province of Cienfuegos.
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Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 31 m (102 ft) above mean sea level; it has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,400 m × 45 m (7,874 ft × 148 ft).
Cienfuegos Air Base
The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:
World War II
During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations. They used the Fleet Post Office, Atlantic located in New York, New York with the address: 317 FPO NY.
The US Navy code word for Cienfuegos during the war was ODOP.
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