Antonio Maceo Airport
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Antonio Maceo Airport is a small airport located in Santiago, Cuba. Its IATA designator is SCU.
The airport has a drawing of Che Guevara on one of its outside walls. Pope John Paul II flew to this airport during his most recent visit to Cuba, flying round-trip between here and Jose Marti International Airport in Havana.
The airport is basically a turbo-prop center. Nevertheless, jets also fly to this airport. Most commercial flights into SCU are domestic, but there are about twenty international flights each week; while these international flights are done by domestic airlines, the international routes have nevertheless awaken the interest of some foreign airlines that might open flights into this airport in a future.