Ignacio Agramonte International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Ignacio Agramonte
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorECASA
LocationCamagüey
Elevation AMSL126 m / 413 ft
Coordinates21°25′13″N 077°50′51″W / 21.42028°N 77.84750°W / 21.42028; -77.84750
Websitecamaguey.airportcuba.net
Map
MUCM is located in Cuba
MUCM
MUCM
Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Ignacio Agramonte International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ignacio Agramonte) (IATA: CMW, ICAO: MUCM) is an international airport in central Camagüey Province, Cuba. It serves the city of Camagüey and the resort village of Santa Lucía.

History

During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force from 1942 until 1944. The 25th Bombardment Group 417th Bombardment Squadron flew B-18 Bolo bombers from the airfield, known as Camaguey Air Base, from 13 April 1942 though August 1943. The squadron flew antisubmarine missions over the northern Caribbean. The base was also used for air-sea rescue missions by the 1st Rescue Squadron.[2]

From 1 January 1943, the USAAF set up postal operations for Camaguey using Army Post Office, Miami with the address: 2714 APO MIA.[3] The United States Navy also set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations. They used the Fleet Post Office, Atlantic located in New York City with the address: 617 FPO NY.[4]

The airport was closed from March to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
American Airlines Miami
Aruba Airlines Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Managua
Fly All Ways Paramaribo
Nordwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Sunrise Airways Port-au-Prince
Viva Aerobus Cancún, Mérida

Camagüey Air Base

The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:

  • 3685th Regiment
    • 2 General purpose transport squadron - Mil Mi-17 helicopters[5]

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ↑ Aerodrome chart Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Issued 2 August 2007
  2. ↑ "Air Force History Index -- Search". airforcehistoryindex.org.
  3. ↑ "US Army Air Force Post Offices". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "World War II Navy Post Office Numbers". Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Loading..." cubaaldescubierto.com.

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