Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Leeward Point Field, also known as Leeward Airfield, is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in , . On August 18th 1993, a DC-8 freighter crashed in Leeward Point field. All 3 crew members survived.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: U.S. military airfield in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
  • Also known as: “Guantanamo Bay NAS”, “Guantanamo Bay NAS - Leeward Point Field”, “Guantanamo Bay NAS Airport”, “Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station”, “Leeward Point Field”, “MUGM”, “NBW”, and “United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay”

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Latitude
19.90889° or 19° 54′ 32″ north
Longitude
-75.20462° or 75° 12′ 17″ west
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Operator
United States Air Force
Abbreviation
“GTMO”
Abbreviation
“Gitmo”
IATA airport code
NBW
ICAO airport code
MUGM
United Nations Location Code
CU NBW
Open location code
77F6WQ5W+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1070312506
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6299922
Wiki­data ID
Q6516582
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tajik—“Guantanamo Bay Naval Base” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Leeward Point Field”
  • Chinese: “关塔那摩湾海军航空站 - 背风角机场”
  • Chinese: “背風角機場”
  • French: “Base navale de la baie de Guantánamo”
  • Indonesian: “MUGM”
  • Indonesian: “NBW”
  • Japanese: “관타나모 만 해군 기지”
  • Japanese: “リーワード・ポイント飛行場”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Guantanamo Bay NAS”
  • Persian: “MUGM”
  • Persian: “NBW”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی لیوارد پوینت”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Guantánamo NAS - Leeward Point Field”
  • Russian: “Военная база Гуантанамо”
  • Spanish: “Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро люорд пуинт”

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