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Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport was built in 1989 and inaugurated by Fidel Castro, [3] thus replacing the old Varadero airport located in Santa Marta, currently known as Kawama Airport. The airport was named after a journalist, fighter for the Cuban Independence and black rights activist in Cuba Juan Gualberto Gómez (1854–1933).
The airport is at an elevation of 5 m (16 ft) above mean sea level. [2] It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,500 m × 45 m (4,921 ft × 148 ft). [1] The airport is a remnant of the old Varadero airport which was replaced by the new international Varadero airport in the 90's. The runway was shortened and now is ...
Varadero Airport may refer to the following airports in Varadero, Matanzas Province, Cuba: Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport, formerly known as Varadero Airport;
Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport, located 16 kilometers west of Varadero and situated west of the peninsula, is Varadero's airport. It is the second-most important airport of the island after José Martí Airport in Havana, and serves international and domestic flights. It was finished in the 1990s and replaced the old Varadero airport.
Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos S.A. (ECASA) is a government-owned company which operates 22 airports in Cuba, [1] [2] including José Martí International Airport, which serves Havana. Other responsibilities of ECASA include air traffic control, aviation safety, check-in and baggage handling. [3]
West Caribbean Airways S.A. (abbreviated as WCA) was a commercial airline founded in December 1998 with its headquarters at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia [1] after moving there from San Andres Island in 2001. It began operating in November 1999 and ceased operations in September 2005.
Flight 961 was a routine scheduled commercial flight carrying 262 passengers and 9 crew from Varadero, Cuba to Quebec City on March 6, 2005. At 2:48 am EST, flight 961 took off from Cuba. The flight climbed to its initial cruising altitude of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) and the flight attendants began the inflight service.
North Vietnamese Antonov An-2 utility biplanes conduct bombing raids into Laos and fly night missions against ships and craft of the South Vietnamese Navy. [2]After the Soviet Union complains about damage to a Soviet merchant ship in Haiphong Harbor by American air attack, President Lyndon B. Johnson ' s administration promises to make every effort to avoid a recurrence of such damage.