Mariana Grajales Airport Explained

Mariana Grajales Airport
Iata:GAO
Icao:MUGT
Type:Public
City-Served:Guantánamo, Cuba
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:17
Coordinates:20.0853°N -75.1581°W
Pushpin Map:Cuba
Pushpin Label:MUGT
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cuba
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:2,358
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1]

Mariana Grajales Airport is an airport serving Guantánamo, a city in Cuba. It is located near the villages of Paraguay and Las Lajas. The airport is named after Mariana Grajales Cuello.

Construction

The runway was built during World War II by the US Navy as a reserve airfield for the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Up to the 60s was known as "Los Caños" aerodrome.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 17m (56feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2358x.

References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for MUGT. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MUGT. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.