Frank País Airport
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| IATA: HOG – ICAO: MUHG | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Website | holguin.airportcuba.net | ||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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