Antonio Maceo Airport
Airport in Santiago de Cuba From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Airport in Santiago de Cuba From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonio Maceo Airport (IATA: SCU, ICAO: MUCU) is an international airport located in Santiago, Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba International Airport Jose Antonio Maceo Grajales Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | ECASA | ||||||||||||||
Location | Santiago de Cuba | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 76 m / 249 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°58′12″N 075°50′08″W | ||||||||||||||
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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 a round trip between here and José Martí International Airport in Havana. Likewise, Pope Benedict XVI, during the second papal visit to Cuba, flew here for Mass and other activities, from his visit to León and Guanajuato in Mexico, before moving on to Havana.
The airport is basically a turbo-prop centre.[citation needed] Nevertheless, jet aircraft also fly to this airport. Most commercial flights into SCU were , at one point, domestic,[citation needed] but there are about twenty international flights each week; while these international flights were at one point done mostly by domestic airlines, the international routes have nevertheless awakened the interest of some foreign airlines that have opened flights into this airport and might open more flights in the future.
The airport was home to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces:
The helipads are now part of the executive jet terminal on the north end of the airport.
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