Vilo Acuña Airport Explained

Vilo Acuña Airport
Nativename:Aeropuerto Internacional Vilo Acuña
Iata:CYO
Icao:MUCL
Type:Public
Operator:ECASA
City-Served:Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:3
Coordinates:21.6161°N -81.5456°W
Pushpin Map:Cuba
Pushpin Label:MUCL
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cuba
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:12/30
R1-Length-M:3,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Vilo Acuña Airport (es|Aeropuerto Internacional Vilo Acuña) is an international airport serving Cayo Largo del Sur,[1] a small coral island in Cuba. It is located within the special municipality (municipio especial) of Isla de la Juventud.[2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 3m (10feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3000x.[1]

On February 20, 2020, damages to the only airport runway forced tourist passengers to return to the mainland via boat.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iacc.gov.cu/Documentos/aerodromos/planoaerodromoMUCL.pdf Aerodrome chart
  2. Web site: Aeropuertos de Cuba . Airports of Cuba . es . El Instituto de Aeronáutica Civil de Cuba (IACC) . 30 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100618043120/http://www.iacc.gov.cu/aerodromos.asp . 18 June 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Cayo Largo del Sur Airport Closes For At Least a Week, Stranding Passengers . John McDermott . 20 Feb 2020. 21 Jun 2020.