Gustavo Rizo Airport () is a domestic

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serving

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, a city in the Cuban province of

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. It is located about north of the city and has one runway and a passenger terminal. The airport receives flights from

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and, formerly,

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, and it handled over 19,500 passengers in 2013.

History

The runway was damaged by debris during flooding in

in March 2008, in which waves over in height struck the city.

Infrastructure

Gustavo Rizo Airport has a passenger terminal and a

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runway, 16/34, with dimensions . The runway is not able to handle flights at night.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Gustavo Rizo Airport received 19,524 passengers in 2013, more than it had handled in any past year. Airport officials attributed the rise to Cubana de Aviacion's increase in frequency from two to three weekly flights on its

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