Gustavo Rizo Airport Explained
| Gustavo Rizo Airport |
| Nativename: | Aeropuerto Gustavo Rizo |
| Iata: | BCA |
| Icao: | MUBA |
| Operator: | ECASA |
| City-Served: | Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 8 |
| Coordinates: | 20.3653°N -74.5061°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Cuba |
| Pushpin Label: | BCA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cuba |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,850 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| Stat-Year: | 2013 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat1-Data: | 377 |
| Stat2-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat2-Data: | 19,524 |
Gustavo Rizo Airport (Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Gustavo Rizo) is a domestic airport serving Baracoa, a city in the Cuban province of Guantánamo. It is located about north of the city and has one runway and a passenger terminal. The airport receives flights from Havana by Aerogaviota and, formerly, Cubana de Aviación, and it handled over 19,500 passengers in 2013.
History
The runway was damaged by debris during flooding in Baracoa in March 2008, in which waves over in height struck the city.[1] [2]
Infrastructure
Gustavo Rizo Airport has a passenger terminal and a concrete runway, 16/34, with dimensions 1850x.[3] [4] The runway is not able to handle flights at night.[5]
Statistics
Gustavo Rizo Airport received 19,524 passengers in 2013, more than it had handled in any past year. Airport officials attributed the rise to Cubana de Aviacion's increase in frequency from two to three weekly flights on its Havana–Baracoa route. The airport also saw 377 aircraft movements in 2013.[6]
Notes and References
- News: Olas inmensas obligan a evacuar a miles en Cuba . Radio La Primerísima . 21 March 2008 . 27 October 2016 . Spanish . Immense waves require evacuation of thousands in Cuba . 28 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028084039/http://www.radiolaprimerisima.com/noticias/26519/olas-inmensas-obligan-a-evacuar-a-miles-en-cuba . dead .
- News: Inundaciones en Cuba dejan 1.000 evacuados y 200 casas dañadas . . 20 March 2008 . 27 October 2016 . Spanish . Flooding in Cuba leaves 1,000 evacuated and 200 homes damaged.
- Web site: Gustavo Rizo/ MUBA/ Baracoa . . 7 June 2013 . 27 October 2016.
- News: Gustavo Rizo -- MUBA . https://archive.today/20161028153401/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=CU74184&sch=muba . usurped . October 28, 2016 . . October 2006 . 27 October 2016.
- News: El medio milenio de la primada y bella Baracoa . . 13 January 2014 . 27 October 2016 . Laffita, Osmar . Spanish . El pequeño aeropuerto "Gustavo Rizo", ubicado a 4 kilómetros de la ciudad, al oeste de la bahía y colindante con el hotel Porto Santo, semanalmente recibe dos vuelos procedentes de La Habana, los jueves y los domingos, solamente en horario diurno, porque la pista no tiene iluminación. . The half-millennium of the first and beautiful Baracoa.
- News: Crece actividad comercial en aeropuerto de Baracoa . Radio Baracoa . 16 April 2014 . 27 October 2016 . Spanish . Commercial activity grows at the Baracoa airport.
