Abel Santamaría Airport

Abel Santamaría Airport Aeropuerto Abel Santamaría
IATA: SNU ICAO: MUSC
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	ECASA
Serves	Santa Clara, Cuba
Elevation AMSL	103 m / 338 ft
Coordinates	22°29′32″N 079°56′37″W / 22.49222°N 79.94361°W / 22.49222; -79.94361Coordinates: 22°29′32″N 079°56′37″W / 22.49222°N 79.94361°W / 22.49222; -79.94361
Website	santaclara.airportcuba.net
Map
MUSC Location in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,017 9,898 Asphalt
Source: Aerodrome chart

Abel Santamaría Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto "Abel Santamaría") (IATA: SNU, ICAO: MUSC) is an international airport serving Santa Clara, the capital city of the Villa Clara Province in Cuba. It was named after the Cuban revolutionary Abel Santamaría. On August 31, 2016, JetBlue Flight 387 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida landed at the airport to commence regular commercial flights between Fort Lauderdale and Santa Clara, the first commercial flight from the United States to Cuba in 54 years following the thaw in Cuba–United States relations.

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

Active Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces helicopter squadron air base, flying: – Mil Mi-17 (two seen flying around the airport in February 2013, and six on the ground including one being refueled)in the transport role and the Mi-24/35 in the troop support role.