<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Frank Pa&iacute;s Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The aviation history of Holgu&iacute;n originates in a makeshift runway built near the Hill of the Cross in the city. Domingo Rosillo landed on this airstrip in 1914, one year after becoming the first pilot to fly between Key West and Havana. The first official airport serving Holgu&iacute;n was inaugurated on 30 October 1930. On this day, the airport served as one of several stops on the first airmail route in Cuba, between Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The airport was located in the neighbourhood of Peralta and named after mamb&iacute; General Julio Grave de Peralta. However, because there was often dense fog at the airport, it closed a few years afterward; and operations moved to another site close to the location of the current airport. In 1962, a military airbase was established on the outskirts of the city. Civilian air operations shifted to an area within the base on 10 November 1966, thus establishing Frank Pa&iacute;s Airport. As the tourism sector in Guardalavaca grew during the early 1990s, there was a need for a new international terminal, which was constructed in 1996 by Canadian infrastructure company Intelcan Technosystems. In 2007, the capacity of the terminal was doubled to 1,200 passengers per hour through a 1,300-square-metre (14,000 sq ft) expansion, which took one year to complete.[6] Carried out to reduce congestion in the terminal during peak season, the expansion included additional customs facilities and a new VIP lounge. The inauguration of the expanded facilities was presided over by politician and then future president of Cuba, Miguel D&iacute;az-Canel.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 25 March 2020, it was announced that international flights from the airport were ceasing because of the coronavirus shutdown. Flights began again on 3 November 2020, with three flights.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4">Infrastructure Frank Pa&iacute;s Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Terminals: </strong>Frank Pa&iacute;s Airport has two terminals, one serving domestic flights and the other international flights. The international terminal can handle up to 1,200 passengers per hour and has various duty-free shops, restaurants and car rental agencies as well as a VIP lounge.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Airfield: </strong>Frank Pa&iacute;s Airport has a single runway, 05/23, which has dimensions 3,238 by 45 metres (10,623 ft &times; 148 ft) and is equipped with an instrument landing system. The apron in front of the passenger terminal has six parking stands. The Frank Pais International airport is a small-size airport located 13 km (8 mi) southwest of the city of Holguin which is the capital city of the province of Holguin, Cuba.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It serves the province of Holguin and the popular resort destination of Guardalavaca (aka Holguin) where several all-inclusive resorts are located on 4 beach areas: Playa Pesquero, Playa Yuraguanal (Turquesa), Playa Esmeralada, and Playa Guardalavaca; and also many other eastern regions of Cuba, such as Las Tunas, Playa Covarrubias, Cayo Saetia, Rafael Freyre, Gibara, Banes, etc. It is named in memory of the Cuban revolutionary Frank Pais (1934-1957).</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has 2 terminals: An International Terminal and a small Domestic Terminal. The main international terminal is where most of the airport&rsquo;s facilities can be found.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The terminal building is air-conditioned and non-smoking, except in one designated area. There are no jetbridges, mobile staircases are used for embarking and disembarking passengers onto the tarmac.</p>
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