Abel Santamaría Airport is an international airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Santa Clara

Santa Clara, Cuba

Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country.- History :Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15th, 1689...

, the capital city

Capital City

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 of the Villa Clara Province

Villa Clara Province

Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray...

 in Cuba

Cuba

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.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 103 m (337.9 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 08/26 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3017 metre.

The airport is also home to Mig-23BN fighters of the 14th Tactical Regiment of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, as well as helipads of military helicopters.

Airlines and destinations

Santa Clara Air Base

The airport is an inactive Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces air base:

• 14th Tactical Regiment - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
  
   BN bombers and older Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
  
  UB fighters
• Tactial Air Command - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
  
   BN bombers and older Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat"...
  
  UB fighters
  • 2661st Bomber Squadron
• 1890th Interceptor Regiment - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
  The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek by Polish pilots due to...
  
  B and UM fighters

External links

• Santa Clara Airport website: SantaClara.AirportCuba.net