AirportsGustavo Rizo Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Baracoa, in Guantánamo Province, Cuba. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BCA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BCA
- ICAO code
- MUBA
- City
- Baracoa
- State or region
- Guantánamo Province
- Country
- Cuba
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 20.3653° N, 74.5062° W
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BCA means Gustavo Rizo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MUBA. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 20.3653° N, 74.5062° W. It stands 8 metres (26 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Guantánamo, about 77 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Havana, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Gustavo Rizo Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,850 metres (6,070 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 15 airports of Cuba on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,850 m 6,070 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Inagua AirportMatthew Town, Bahamas | IGA | 111 km |
| Antonio Maceo International AirportSantiago | SCU | 145 km |
| Jérémie AirportCarrefour Sanon, Haiti | JEE | 193 km |
| Frank Pais International AirportHolguin | HOG | 194 km |
| Carlos Manuel de Cespedes AirportBayamo | BYM | 221 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,779 km | 17 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,369 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,596 km | 15 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,156 km | 9 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,255 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,559 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,595 km | 21 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,824 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,293 km | 18 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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