Gustavo Rizo Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Gustavo Rizo) (IATA: BCA, ICAO: MUBA) is a domestic airport serving Baracoa, a city in the Cuban province of Guantánamo. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the city and has one runway and a passenger terminal. The airport receives flights from Havana by Aerogaviota and Cubana de Aviación, and it handled over 19,500 passengers in 2013.
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Operator | ECASA | ||||||||||
Serves | Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 26 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°21′55″N 074°30′22″W | ||||||||||
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The runway was damaged by debris during flooding in Baracoa in March 2008, in which waves over 5 metres (16 ft) in height struck the city.[1][2]
Gustavo Rizo Airport has a passenger terminal and a concrete runway, 16/34, with dimensions 1,850 by 30 metres (6,070 ft × 98 ft).[3][4] The runway is not able to handle flights at night.[5]
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Aerogaviota | Havana |
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]
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.
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