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Article: Santiago De Cuba's Antonio Maceo International Airport.
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- CubaNews
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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This is the second in a new series of occasional articles on major Cuban airports. The first, published last month, looked at the general state of Cuba's air transportation system.
Santiago de Cuba's Antonio Maceo International Airport (SCU) is one of the busiest and largest on the island.
Built in 1954 with a 4,600-foot, N-S airstrip for small planes, the airport gradually outgrew its capacities and received a major upgrade in the 1970s. That's when a new E-W runway measuring 13,130 feet long and 148 feet side was completed to accommodate larger transcontinental passenger jets.
It was at a time when Cuba was building large airstrips, including ...