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Jaime González Airport
Jaime González Airport is an international airport that serves Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast of Cuba, and capital of the province of Cienfuegos.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 31 m above mean sea level; it has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 2400 x.
Airlines and destinations
Cienfuegos Air Base
The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:
History of Cienfuegos Air Base
World War II
During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations. They used the Fleet Post Office, Atlantic located in New York, New York with the address: 317 FPO NY. The US Navy code word for Cienfuegos during the war was ODOP.
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