Ciudad Libertad Airport
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| Coordinates | 23°05′38″N 082°26′17″W / 23.09389°N 82.43806°W | ||||||||||
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.svg)  MULB Location in Cuba | |||||||||||
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Ciudad Libertad Airport (
borough of Playa, it was Cuba's main airport until 1930, when it was replaced by José Martí International Airport. The airport was also the location of the 1960 Cuban Grand Prix. Two days prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 the airport was bombed by US planes.[2]
It previously had two runways, but only one remains. It is now a school.
Facilities
The former airport resides at an
mean sea level. It had one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,065 m × 50 m (6,775 ft × 164 ft).[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Airport information for MULB". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Bombardeo de aeropuertos Cubanos at sierramaestra.cu
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