| Abel Santamaría Airport | |
| Nativename: | Aeropuerto Abel Santamaría |
| Iata: | SNU |
| Icao: | MUSC |
| Type: | Military/Public |
| Operator: | ECASA |
| City-Served: | Villa Clara Province, Cienfuegos Province, and Sancti Spiritus Province in Cuba |
| Location: | Aeropuerto Ward, Santa Clara municipality, Cuba |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 103 |
| Coordinates: | 22.4922°N -79.9436°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Cuba |
| Pushpin Label: | MUSC |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cuba |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 08/26 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,017 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: Aerodrome chart[1] |
Abel Santamaría Airport[2] [3] (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|Aeropuerto "Abel Santamaría"[4]) is an international airport serving Santa Clara, the capital city of the Villa Clara Province in Cuba. It was named after the Cuban revolutionary Abel Santamaría. The airport is the main entry point for tourists travelling to Cayo Santa María and the other keys on the northern coast of the province.
The runway is 3,017 meters wide, being the 9th biggest of the country. [5]
On 31 August 2016, JetBlue Flight 387 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida landed at the airport to commence regular commercial flights between Fort Lauderdale and Santa Clara, the first commercial flight from the United States to Cuba in 54 years following the thaw in Cuba–United States relations.[6]
In April 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba stopped all scheduled flights. From 1 July 2020, Cuba permitted restricted tourism to some cays, including Cayo Santa Maria. In October 2020, it was announced that the airport was reopening for regular commercial flights.
The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:
Active Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces helicopter squadron air base, flying:– Mil Mi-17 (two seen flying around the airport in February 2013, and six on the ground including one being refueled) in the transport role and the Mi-24/35 in the troop support role.