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Airport in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Leeward Point Field
Leeward Airfield
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Aerial view, 6 May 2010
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorUnited States Navy
LocationGuantánamo Bay, Cuba
Elevation AMSL56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates19°54′23″N 075°12′25″W / 19.90639°N 75.20694°W / 19.90639; -75.20694
Map
MUGM is located in CubaMUGMMUGMLocation in Cuba
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF

Leeward Point Field (IATA: NBW, ICAO: MUGM), also known as Leeward Airfield, is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On August 18th 1993, a DC-8 freighter crashed in Leeward Point field. All 3 crew members survived.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 56 ft (17 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m).

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for MUGM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for NBW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "Photos of Leeward Airfield". Joint Task Force Guantanamo. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Aviation at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay at Wikimedia Commons

Guantanamo Bay detention camps
   
  • Camp Delta -- blanket term used to refer to most of the other camps, including:
    • Camp one -- April 2002 -- open air cages, but with plumbing
    • Camp two -- open air cages, but with plumbing
    • Camp three -- open air cages, but with plumbing
    • Camp four -- more pleasant surroundings for the most compliant detainees
    • Camp five -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility
    • Camp six -- permanent facility modeled after a bureau of prison maximum security facility
  • Camp Five Echo -- "disciplinary block" for "non-compliant" prisoners
  • Camp seven -- aka Camp Platinum, secret location, former CIA "high value detainees" held here
  • Camp No -- secret interrogation center
  • Camp X-Ray -- January - April 2002 -- open air cages with no plumbing
  • Camp Iguana -- originally held child detainees, now holds the men determined to be innocent
  • Camp Echo -- isolation cells, and cells where detainees are held prior to meeting their lawyers
  • Guantanamo psychiatric ward -- opened in March 2003
  • Strawberry Fields -- black site run by the CIA
  • Penny Lane -- black site run by the CIA
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