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.
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.
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.