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José Martí International Airport (IATA: HAV, ICAO: MUHA), sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport, is an international airport located in the municipality of Boyeros, 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the centre of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota, and former Latin American hub for the Soviet (later Russian) airline Aeroflot. [5]
This is a list of airports in Cuba, grouped by type and sorted by location. Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean . It is an archipelago of islands located in the northern Caribbean Sea at the confluence with the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean .
Boyeros (Spanish: boieros) is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. The municipality was created in 1976, and amalgamated the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. It lies on the south-west side of the city and includes José Martí International Airport.
A Boeing 737 plane with over 100 on board crashed on Friday shortly after taking off from Havana's main airport. More than 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba Skip to main content
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]
This is a list of the busiest airports in the Caribbean region by passenger traffic.Statistics are available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The present list intends to include all the international airports located in the area geographically defined as the Caribbean.
Aeroflot Flight 331 was an international passenger flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-62M that crashed about 1 km (0.62 mi) from José Martí International Airport, in Havana, Cuba, on 27 May 1977. The accident occurred after the aircraft hit power lines on its final approach to the airport during poor weather.
A Cubana Bristol Britannia 318 at Jorge Chávez International Airport in 1972. The carrier received the first of these aircraft in December 1958. [8]The airline was established by Clement Melville Keys on 8 October 1929 as Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación Curtiss S.A., initially as a flying school as well as a charter carrier, beginning scheduled services in 1930.