<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Vilo Acuna International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The Vilo Acuna Airport is a small-size international airport serving the resort island of Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo. This tiny island is part of the Canarreos archipelago located off the southern coast of the main island of Cuba. The largest island of this archipelago is Isla de la Juventud (Youth Island).</p>
<p class="blog-para">The "Aeropuerto Vilo Acuna" handles both domestic and international flights. It's divided into two side-by-side buildings: Arrivals and Departures. The terminal is air-conditioned and non-smoking, expect in one designated area. For more information click the Airport Facilities links in the left menu. The airport and its runway have been redone in 2022. There&rsquo;s no jet-bridge, mobile staircases are used for embarking and disembarking passengers onto the tarmac.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was named in memory of Juan Vitalio Acu&ntilde;a N&uacute;&ntilde;ez (pseudonym Vilo Acu&ntilde;a) (1925-1967), a farmer from the Sierra Maestra region who helped the rebels led by Fidel Castro in their fight to overthrow the Batista government during the Cuban Revolution. In November 1958 he was raised into the rank of a Comandante. He was also a joint founder of the communist party of Cuba (PCC) in the year 1965 and a member of the central committee. He died under the bullets of the Bolivian army on August 31st 1967 in the guerrilla war conducted by the famous revolutionary Ernesto &laquo;Che&raquo; Guevara.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Vilo Acu&ntilde;a International Airport (CYO) is located in the municipality of Cayo Largo del Sur in Cuba, Americas. It's a medium airport in Cuba based in the region Isla de la Juventud. Passengers can fly to and from the airport with a scheduled service.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 my-4">Facilities Vilo Acu&ntilde;a Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport resides at an elevation of 3 m (9.8 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 m &times; 45 m (9,843 ft &times; 148 ft).</p>
<p class="blog-para">On February 20, 2020, damages to the only airport runway forced tourist passengers to return to the mainland via boat.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Expansion: </strong>This field is located in Cuba. The airport is located at latitude 21.61650 and longitude -81.54600. The airport has one runway: 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is MUCL.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport's IATA code is CYO. Nearby other airfields are Giron Airport, Jaguey Grande North Airport, Nueva Paz Airport, Juan de la Cruz Airport and Rafael Cabrera Airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Vilo Acu&ntilde;a International Airport publishes a METAR. The flight information region (FIR) is Habana.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Vilo Acu&ntilde;a International Airport is in the timezone of America/Havana. Difference with UTC is -4. Today the sun rises at 07:02 and sets at 20:01. This applies to Vilo Acu&ntilde;a International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -4 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.</p>
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