Leeward Point Field Leeward Airfield Naval Station Guantanamo Bay | |||||||||||
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 Aerial view, 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||||||||||
| Location | Guantánamo Bay, Cuba | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 56 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°54′23″N 075°12′25″W / 19.90639°N 75.20694°W | ||||||||||
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  MUGM Location in Cuba | |||||||||||
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Leeward Point Field[1] (IATA: NBW, ICAO: MUGM), also known as Leeward Airfield,[3] is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On August 18th 1993, a DC-8 freighter crashed in Leeward Point field. All 3 crew members survived.
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 56 ft (17 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m).[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Airport information for MUGM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for NBW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Photos of Leeward Airfield". Joint Task Force Guantanamo. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
External links
Media related to Aviation at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 21 June 2024, at 15:06