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Playa Baracoa Airport (IATA: UPB, ICAO: MUPB) is an airport west of Havana, Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Caimito, Artemisa Province, in front of the village of Playa Baracoa, belonging to the neighboring municipality of Bauta.[2][3]
Playa Baracoa Air Base
The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base and home to Air Defense Command and VIP transport:[4]
- 3710th Interceptor Squadron and Training
- 3688 Transport Regiment - using Antonov An-26 transport
- 3405 Executive Transport Squadron - Yakovlev Yak-40 VIP jet, Antonov An-26M transport; Mil Mi-8P and Mil Mi-8TB transport helicopters
- 3404 Transport Squadron - using Antonov An-2 transport
References
- ^ Aerodrome chart issued 10 May 2007
- ^ 455624731 Playa Baracoa on OpenStreetMap
- ^ 259849770 Playa Baracoa Airport on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Cuban Air Force DAAFAR
External links
Media related to Playa Baracoa Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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