Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Jose Marti International Airport (ICAO: MUHA / IATA: HAV)
Location (City, Country)
Havana, Cuba
Airport Type & Size
Cuba’s main international airport, with one runway (06/24). Important hub for the country, but medium sized; serves 10 million passengers per year (2022) with three passenger terminals and a small cargo terminal.The airport supports E sized aircraft regularly, both passenger and cargo. It has supported the An-124 in the past, and can support the A380. Some of the regular/combined stands are at least E sized, as well.
Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
It is a hub for Cuabana de Aviacion and Aerogaviota.It has a central Caribbean location, and would give players a good base to launch routes into North or South America. It would also provide a very good location for using Eastern aircraft, due to Cuba’s recent historical ties. Not only that, but due to American sanctions/various events over the years, the country feels “stuck in the past” in terms of architecture and vehicles. For that reason, it would provide a very interesting juxtaposition with the generally modern aviation that would be present in game, such as the various ground handling vehicles being of 60s vintage. Albeit, based on pictures, aircraft handling equipment is generally modern, it would still be pretty interesting nonetheless.
Major Airlines & Routes
Cubana de Aviacion - Hub, international routes
Aerogaviota - Hub, regional, generally domestic routesAeromexico - Mexico City
Air China - Beijing, Madrid
Air Europa/Iberia/World2Fly/Plus Ultras Lineas Aereas - Madrid
Air France - Paris CDG
American/Delta - Miami
United - Houston-Intercontinental
Southwest - Fort Lauderdale, Chicago-Midway, Tampa
Neos - Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
TAAG Angola Airways - Luanda
Copa Airlines/Wingo - Panama City, Bogota
Convisa - Caracas, Managua
LATAM Peru - Lima
WestJet - Toronto-Pearson
Unique Features or Challenges
One runway, and complicated terminal arrangement limiting throughput and requiring planning.Unique Caribbean feel and retro architecture.
Strategic mid-America location for flights to both North and South America.
Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
Wikipedia - Jose Marti International AirportATC tower at Jose Marti
Terminal 1, now mostly used for domestic flights. It was the main international terminal before the opening of terminals 2 and 3.
Terminal 2, which is used for some long haul international flights such as Zurich, Frankfurt, and Helsinki, and chartered flights to the US. It has 5 parking spots for aircraft, not including some that may be used for cargo aircraft.
Terminal 3, the main international terminal, along with the newest. It has 8 stands with jetways and 4 without, totaling 12 stands total.
Terminal 3 ramp, looking northwest. The other 4 parking spots are offscreen to the left, or southwest.
Atlas Air 747F (and an employee) in Cuba, 2016.
Air China 787 in front of terminal 1.
Various American airlines at Cuba, pictures from 2016.
Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F preparing to fly to Havana.
Aerial view of the airport, facing southwest. Center screen at bottom is the cargo terminal. This area has at least 6 stands, and in front of the somewhat diagonal building there may be enough space for a 7th, F sized stand.
Quantas 747 at Havana. This image is taken facing southwest, from just outside terminal 2. The 747 is parked along the northern side of the airfield, on the line of stands that serves the cargo terminal; hence, it could be a few combined stands.
