Vilo Acuña Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Vilo Acuña
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorECASA
ServesCayo Largo del Sur, Cuba
Elevation AMSL3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates21°36′58″N 81°32′44″W / 21.61611°N 81.54556°W / 21.61611; -81.54556
Map
MUCL is located in Cuba
MUCL
MUCL
Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart[1]

Vilo Acuña Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Vilo Acuña) (IATA: CYO, ICAO: MUCL) 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 3 m (9.8 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 m × 45 m (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1]

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Andes Líneas Aéreas Charter: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), San Miguel de Tucumán, San Salvador de Jujuy
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa
Sunwing Airlines Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Québec City

In October 2023, direct flights came only from Havana (3 flights), Varadero (3 flights), Montreal (2 flights) and Toronto (2 flights).[4]

As of October 30, 2023, there are more than 200 flights from many foreign airports that include only one stop-over: Canada (49 airports), U.S.A. (43), Mexico (10), Dominican Republic (3), Grenada (2), Panama (2), Bahamas (1), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Barbados (1), Bermuda (1), Caribbean Netherlands (1), Cayman Islands (1), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (1), Martinique (1), Nicaragua (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Sint Maarten (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1).[4]

Still as of October 30, 2023, only two airlines operate: Sunwing Airlines and Cubana de Aviación, with 3 times as many flights with the former as there are with the latter.[4]
Three Cuban airports have non-stop domestic flights to Cayo Largo : Havana and Varadero with Cubana, and Santa Clara with Sunwing.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aerodrome chart Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine issued 10 May 2007
  2. ↑ "Aeropuertos de Cuba" [Airports of Cuba] (in Spanish). El Instituto de Aeronáutica Civil de Cuba (IACC). Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  3. ↑ John McDermott (20 Feb 2020). "Cayo Largo del Sur Airport Closes For At Least a Week, Stranding Passengers". Retrieved 21 Jun 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Flights to Cayo Largo del Sur, on flightconnections.com. Updated on October 30, 2023.

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