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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). [4]
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.
Airport Location Code Total Movements Rank Change Change 1. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Atlanta, Georgia, United States ATL/KATL 775,818 7.1% 2. O'Hare International Airport: Chicago, Illinois, United States ORD/KORD 720,582 1.3% 3. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: Coppell, Euless, Grapevine, and Irving, Texas ...
Philippines: The National Economic and Development Authority projects a loss of at least 1.2 million tourist arrivals assuming that the pandemic persists by June 2020. [137] South Africa: South African Airways had been placed in bankruptcy protection in December 2019. However, with the pandemic leading to the complete grounding of all flights ...
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.