Playa Baracoa Airport Explained

Playa Baracoa Airport should not be confused with Gustavo Rizo Airport.

Playa Baracoa Airport
Iata:UPB
Icao:MUPB
Type:Military/Public
City-Served:Havana
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:31
Coordinates:23.0328°N -82.5794°W
Pushpin Map:Cuba
Pushpin Label:MUPB
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cuba
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-M:2,305
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Playa Baracoa Airport is an airport west of Havana, Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Caimito, Artemisa Province, in front of the village of Playa Baracoa, belonging to the neighboring municipality of Bauta.

Playa Baracoa Air Base

The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base and home to Air Defense Command and VIP transport:[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120404183029/http://www.iacc.gov.cu/Documentos/aerodromos/planoaerodromoMUPB.pdf Aerodrome chart
  2. http://cubaaldescubierto.com/?p=486 Cuban Air Force DAAFAR