McCalla Field
McCalla Field was a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The airfield was named for Bowman H. McCalla, who was a United States Navy admiral in charge of the Battle of Guantánamo Bay. The current field was expanded in 1941 when the original grass runway was replaced.[3] Aviation facilities in the area first appeared in 1913 with a naval aviation camp .
McCalla Field Naval Station Guantanamo Bay | |||||||||||
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 1913 image of aviation facilities at Fisherman's Point | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||||||||||
| Location | Guantánamo Bay, Cuba | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 60 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°54′41.39″N 075°9′48.33″W | ||||||||||
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  MUGM Location in Cuba | |||||||||||
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 60 ft (18 m) above mean sea level. The airfield was de-activated in the 1970s but has been used to house refugees beginning in the 1990s and lasted until 2007.[4]
The USN aviation assets are now located across the bay at Leeward Point Field.
References
- Airport information for MUGM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for NBW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- "Guantanamo Bay Forts". www.northamericanforts.com.
- "Guantánamo Public Memory Project – Repurposing Gitmo". blog.gitmomemory.org.
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