Editing José Martí International Airport

{{Short description|Cuban airport serving Havana located in Boyeros}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name                = José Martí International Airport
| nativename          = Rancho Boyeros Airport
| image               = Aeropuerto Internacional Jose Martí, La Habana, Cuba. - panoramio.jpg
| image-width         = 250
| IATA                = HAV
| ICAO                = MUHA
| type                = Public
| operator            = [[Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos|ECASA]]
| city-served         = [[Havana]]
| location            = [[Boyeros]]
| hub                 = {{plainlist|
* [[Cubana de Aviación]]
* [[Aerogaviota]]
}}
| metric-elev         = y
| elevation-m         = 64
| website             = 
| coordinates         = {{coord|22|59|21|N|082|24|33|W|region:CU|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Cuba
| pushpin_label       = MUHA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cuba
| metric-rwy          = Y
| r1-number           = 06/24
| r1-length-m         = 4,000
| r1-surface          = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| footnotes           = Source: Aerodrome chart<ref name=iacc_gov>{{cite web|title=Jose Marti Airport diagram|url=http://www.iacc.gov.cu/Documentos/aerodromos/planoaerodromoMUHA.pdf|work=iacc.gov.cu|date=May 10, 2007|access-date=August 24, 2011|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322085455/http://www.iacc.gov.cu/Documentos/aerodromos/planoaerodromoMUHA.pdf|archive-date=March 22, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| stat-year           = 2022
| stat1-header        = Passengers
| stat1-data          = 9,649,624<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/277469/top-20-fastest-growing-major-airports-in-the-world/?highlight=havana |title=Top 20 fastest-growing major airports in the world |publisher=Routesonline.com |date=16 March 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327085652/https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/277469/top-20-fastest-growing-major-airports-in-the-world/?highlight=havana |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/havana-jose-marti-international-airport-exciting-times-and-the-opportunity-to-become-a-regional-hub-274090|title=Havana Jose Marti International Airport: Exciting times and the opportunity to become a regional hub|access-date=November 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133312/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/havana-jose-marti-international-airport-exciting-times-and-the-opportunity-to-become-a-regional-hub-274090|archive-date=November 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| image2              =
| built               = February 24, 1930<ref>{{cite web|title=90 aniversario del Aeropuerto|date=February 25, 2020 |url=https://www.cacsa.com.cu/aeropuerto-internacional-jose-marti-arriba-a-su-90-aniversario/#.X_LoP9hKjct}}</ref>
}}

'''José Martí International Airport''' {{Airport codes|HAV|MUHA}}, sometimes known by its former name '''Rancho Boyeros Airport''' (''Aeropuerto de Rancho Boyeros''), ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí'') is an [[international airport]] located in the municipality of [[Boyeros]],  {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=out}} southwest of the centre of [[Havana]], Cuba, and is a hub for [[Cubana de Aviación]] and [[Aerogaviota]], and former Latin American hub for the Soviet (later Russian) airline [[Aeroflot]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDE1131F937A35753C1A966958260|title=COMPANY NEWS – Aeroflot May Shift A Hub to Miami – NYTimes.com|date=October 4, 1990|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> It is [[Cuba]]'s main international airport, and serves several million passengers each year. The facility is operated by [[Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos]] (ECASA).

The airport lies in the municipality of [[Boyeros]] and connects Havana with the rest of the [[Caribbean]], North, Central and South America, as well as Europe. It is named in memory of patriot and poet [[José Martí]].

Private Cuban citizens are not allowed to own aircraft; all aircraft in Cuba belong to state-owned airlines or the military. Only government- and foreign-owned aircraft are allowed to use the facilities. {{As of|2020}}, [[Copa Airlines]] was the foreign airline with most flights to the airport, operating 34 flights a week (roughly five daily flights) from [[Panama City]], Panama, and [[Bogotá]], Colombia.

==History==
[[File:Havana - Rancho Boyeros Airport.jpg|thumb|The airport depicted on a historic [[postcard]], c. 1940]]
[[File:Torrecontrolhabana.JPG|thumb|Air traffic control tower]]
[[File:Havana airport T3.JPG|thumb|Terminal 3 interior]]
[[File:CUBA - panoramio (88).jpg|thumb|Terminal 3 interior]]
===Foundation and early years===
The current [[José Martí]] Airport in 1930 replaced the ''[[Ciudad Libertad Airport|Columbia Airfield]]'', which was the first airport to serve Havana. The original name of the airport, ''Rancho Boyeros'', meaning the "(Bull) Drover Ranch", was in reference to the name of the plains where the airport was being built. It was known as the ''Rancho Boyeros'' because in [[Chronology of Colonial Cuba|colonial times]] a local family had built a thatched hut and provided meals and an inn to the weary [[Droving|drover]]s that brought agricultural products to the capital from [[Batabanó, Cuba|Batabanó]] and [[Vuelta Abajo]]. To give a progressive environment to the airport, the old ranch homes were transformed into a small town that would serve as an industrial, livestock, agriculture and commercial centre, rising comfortable homes, an industrial technical school, a paint factory and other facilities. The town today is known as the Boyeros Municipality.

The construction of José Martí Airport, formerly ''Rancho Boyeros Airport'', was authorized in March 1929 by General Order No. 223. On February 24, 1930, the airport opened, replacing the former [[Ciudad Libertad Airport]]. On October 30 of the same year, the first flight by [[Cubana de Aviación]] (formerly ''Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación Curtiss'') from Havana to [[Santiago de Cuba]] carried the mail on a [[Ford Trimotor]] with stops in [[Santa Clara, Cuba|Santa Clara]], [[Morón, Cuba|Morón]] and [[Camagüey]]. Flights to [[Madrid]] started in 1936 with a [[Lockheed Model 8 Sirius|Lockheed Sirius]] named ''September 4'', commanded by Capt. Antonio Menéndez Pélaez. She was flown via [[Venezuela]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal, Brazil]], and [[Dakar|Dakar, Senegal]].

By January 1943 the airport had its first [[control tower]], the first in the country. vIn 1945, the [[International Air Transport Association]] (IATA) was formed in Havana. Cubana's first international flight out of the airport was a [[Douglas DC-3]] to Miami on May 15 of the same year. The first transatlantic flight from any Latin American country to Europe took place in 1946 from Havana to Madrid on a [[Douglas DC-4]], operated by Aerovias Cubanas Internacionales (Cunnair), founded by Cuban pioneer Reinaldo Ramirez Rosell. On April 2, 1950 the airport received a second route to Europe with flights to [[Rome]] on a [[Cubana de Aviación]] DC-4. The first night flight landed at the airport from Santiago de Cuba with a [[Douglas DC-3]] in 1951. The first route to [[Mexico City]] was inaugurated in 1953 by Cubana, utilizing a [[Lockheed Constellation]].

===Development in the 1950s===
Since the 1950s, Havana saw a sharp increase in international air traffic. Regarding flights to the United States, [[Pan American World Airways]] had 4–8 daily flights from Havana to Miami. It connected Havana with [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]] and [[San Salvador]], with DC-4 and [[Douglas DC-6|DC-6]]. It also had flights to the south, including [[Jamaica]], Venezuela and other South American countries. [[Delta Air Lines]] connected Havana with [[New Orleans]] and Chicago and to the south with [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica and Caracas. It also flew from Havana to [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti, [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic, and [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. It flew with [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair 440]] and DC-7. [[Mackey Airlines]] inaugurated its passenger service between [[Fort Lauderdale]] and Havana, with DC-4. [[National Airlines (NA)|National Airlines]] in 1958 flew daily from New York City, Tampa, and Miami, with DC-6, DC-7 and Convair 340/440. [[Braniff International Airways]] DC-6s connected Havana to the north with [[Houston]], and to the south with [[Panama]] and other South American countries, such as Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and others.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

There was also a vast amount of flights within Latin America. [[Aerolíneas Argentinas]] connected [[Buenos Aires]] to Havana via [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Trinidad]], and New York City, with DC-6s. [[Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela|Aeropostal Venezolana S.A.]] flew Miami-Havana-[[Caracas]] with Super Constellations. [[Lacsa|LACSA]], ''Líneas Aéreas Costarricenses'', connected Havana with [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] and other cities in Central America, such as [[Guatemala City]], mainly with Convair 340. [[Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)|Mexicana de Aviación]] flew between Havana, Mérida and Mexico City, 4 times weekly.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

Additionally, there were already few services to Europe when [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]] vied with Cubana in the route to Madrid, with Super Constellations. [[KLM]] flew between Havana-[[Montreal]]-Europe with DC-7 and the route Miami-Havana-[[Curaçao]], with DC-6 and DC-7. 

[[Cubana de Aviación]] in 1958 flew five daily Viscount 818s to Miami, and Bristol Britannia 318s to Madrid, Mexico City, and New York.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}

===Embargoes since the 1960s===
In 1961, [[Cuba–United States relations|diplomatic relations with the United States]] deteriorated substantially and with the [[United States embargo against Cuba]], airlines from the United States were not permitted to operate regular scheduled flights to the airport. That year, two days prior to the failed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] organized by the CIA with the participation of Cuban exiles, Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft from Brigade 2506 bombarded José Martí Airport and [[Antonio Maceo Airport]] in Santiago de Cuba.

Because of Cuba's [[Cuba–Soviet Union relations|relationship]] with the [[Soviet Union]], the airport during the 1970s and 1980s enjoyed the presence of many [[Eastern Bloc]] airline companies, such as Aeroflot, [[Czech Airlines|Czechoslovak Airlines]], [[Interflug]], and [[LOT Polish Airlines]]. In 1977 an Aeroflot [[Ilyushin Il-62]] operating a scheduled flight from Moscow to Havana via Frankfurt and Lisbon crashed after takeoff from Lisbon, killing 68 of the 70 on board and one person on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770527-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> 

In 1988, Terminal 2 was constructed in anticipation of future charter flights to the United States. In the 1990s the special charter flights were approved by the US government, to operate from Miami for Cuban citizens living in the United States that have close relatives in Cuba. Today, various airlines operate non-stop scheduled charter service between Havana and Miami. On December 31, 1997 a [[Concorde]] landed in Cuba for the first time, landing at José Martí Airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cibercuba.com/videos/noticias/2017-04-08-u74-e74-dia-concorde-aterrizo-cuba|title= VIDEO: El día que el Concorde aterrizó en La Habana, Cuba|date=2017-04-08|website=CiberCuba|language=es|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref> The London-Paris-Barbados-Havana [[Air France]] flight was received at the airport by Fidel Castro, who boarded the aircraft and greeted the crew and passengers. On April 26 the following year, the new International Terminal 3 was inaugurated by Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Cuba's President Fidel Castro.

===Development in the 2000s===
In 2002 ''Air Freight Logistics Enterprise'' (ELCA S.A.) opened José Martí's first freight terminal known as the ''Aerovaradero Freight Terminal''. The terminal has a {{convert|600|t|abbr=on}} capacity, {{convert|2000|m3|abbr=on}} of space in two refrigeration and freezing chambers, with humidity and gas controls.

In 2007, three young recruits who deserted from the Cuban Army tried to hijack a commercial passenger aircraft aiming to defect to the United States. At Terminal 1, the would-be hijackers killed one of the hostages, a lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frustrated attempt to hijack a commercial passenger plane|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39327|work=ipsnews.net|access-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701152422/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39327|archive-date=July 1, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Terminal 2 was remodeled and expanded in 2010.

Special charter service to the United States were allowed from the 1990s, but were required to be operated by travel companies licensed by the U.S. government, largely from Florida. In March 2015, [[Sun Country Airlines]] started operating regularly scheduled charter flights from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York]] during the [[Cuban Thaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/direct-flights-york-cuba-taking-off-29716162|title=U.S. News – National News|author=ABC News|work=ABC News|access-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326220629/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/direct-flights-york-cuba-taking-off-29716162|archive-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Delta resumed its flights to New Orleans in March 2015, after not flying the route for over 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13/new-orleans-cuba-flight_n_6867212.html|title=First Direct Flight From New Orleans To Cuba Since 1958 To Take Off This Weekend|work=The Huffington Post|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402202839/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13/new-orleans-cuba-flight_n_6867212.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Regularly scheduled commercial service to and from the United States began again in the fall of 2016, with such airlines as American, Delta, JetBlue and, after January 2017, Alaska, flying to Havana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article83024922.html|title=U.S. clears 6 airlines for takeoff to Cuba, but flights won't start right away|website=[[Miami Herald]]|access-date=2016-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723001343/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article83024922.html|archive-date=July 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, several airlines had dropped, if not cut back, flights to Cuba by late 2017 due in part to [[President Trump]]'s decision to reimpose stricter travel regulations, therefore partially ending the Cuban Thaw. Several other reasons that the airlines ended the flights were because of weaker-than-expected demand and a paucity of tourist infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/one-airline-is-throwing-in-the-towel-on-cuba-.html|title=Another U.S. airline is quitting Cuba|first=Leslie|last=Josephs|date=November 8, 2017|website=CNBC}}</ref>

In February 2016, a VIP room at the airport was used as the location for the [[Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill|historic meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill]].

In March 2020, Cuba announced that it was closing its borders because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Only humanitarian flights were then permitted. On November 10, 2020, it was announced that the airport would re-open to commercial flights on November 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2020/11/10/aeropuerto-internacional-jose-marti-reiniciara-operaciones-el-proximo-15-de-noviembre/|title = Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí reiniciará operaciones el próximo 15 de noviembre|date = November 11, 2020}}</ref> Some airlines started operations again, but not all those which had flown previously. In January 2021, the Cuban authorities placed restrictions on the number of flights from a number of countries, and halted flights from a few. Separately, Canadian airlines stopped flying to Caribbean destinations, including Cuba.

==Terminals==
There are currently three passenger [[Airport terminal|terminals]] in general use at the airport.<ref name="Aerodromos Cuba">{{cite web|title=Aerodromos de Cuba|url=http://www.iacc.gov.cu/aerodromos.asp?siglas=%27MUHA%27|work=iacc.gov.cu|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404191340/http://www.iacc.gov.cu/aerodromos.asp?siglas='MUHA'|archive-date=April 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Terminal 1 is used primarily for domestic flights. Terminal 2 opened in 1988, primarily for charter flights to the United States. Ten years later on April 27, 1998, the International Terminal 3 opened, offering many modern facilities and [[Jet bridge|jetways]] that the former international Terminal 1 did not provide. For transfer between terminals, bus services are offered.{{citation needed|date = October 2019}}

===Terminal 1===
Domestic Terminal 1 was the main international and domestic terminal building in the airport prior to the opening of Terminals 2 and 3. It is located on the east side of Runway 6, and is now used primarily for domestic flights.

===Terminal 2===
Terminal 2 handles some long-distance international flights, such as to [[Zürich]], [[Frankfurt]], and [[Helsinki]], along with a few Caribbean flights, such as to [[Aruba]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], and most scheduled charter flights to and from [[Miami]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Ft. Lauderdale]], and [[New York City]]. The scheduled charter flights to the United States are operated by Gulfstream Air Charters, ABC Charters, Marazul Charters, CTS Charters, and C & T Charters. The terminal is located on the north side roughly {{convert|2|km}} from Terminal 3, and is just in front of the threshold of runway 24. It was constructed in 1988 when the first charter flights after [[Cuban Revolution|the revolution]] were opened from Miami. There are bars, bookshops, newsagents, a restaurant, and car rentals.

===Terminal 3===
International Terminal 3 is the main international terminal and was designed by [[Mario Girona]],<ref name="El Nuevo Herald-2008">{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2008 |title=Fallece Mario Girona, arquitecto de la heladería Coppelia |trans-title=Mario Girona, architect of the Coppelia ice cream parlor, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-fallece-mario-girona-ar/161160893/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=[[El Nuevo Herald]] |pages=13 |language=es |type=Obituary |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> it opened in 1998. It is the largest and most modern of all terminals. Ticketing and departures are located on the upper level; arrivals and [[baggage carousel]]s are located on the lower level. There are several car rentals located in the arrivals area.

==Airlines and destinations==
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Havana Airport:

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|[[Neos (airline)|Neos]] | [[Milan Malpensa Airport|Milan–Malpensa]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Milan|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=666-673}}</ref> [[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino]]<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Rome|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=894-899}}</ref>
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|[[TAAG Angola Airlines]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Quatro de Fevereiro Airport|Luanda]]<ref>[https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220822-dtnw22hav aeroroutes.com - TAAG ANGOLA RESUMES CUBA SERVICE FROM NOV 2022] 22 August 2022</ref>
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==Accidents and incidents==
* On August 9, 1961, shortly after takeoff, five hijackers stormed the cockpit of a [[Cubana de Aviación]] [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] in which the captain was killed as well as a hijacker and a guard. The co-pilot attempted to go back to Havana Airport and made an emergency landing in a sugar cane field, four hijackers fled the scene. Three died during the hijacking, all others survived the emergency landing.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=19610809-3|title=unknown|accessdate= October 6, 2023}}</ref>
* On May 14, 1973, [[Cubana de Aviación]] Flight CU 707, an [[Antonov An-24]], crashed in bad weather on landing at Havana Airport because of pilot error and miscommunication by the co-pilot. Three occupants died, four were seriously injured and another ten had minor injuries.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=19730514-1|title=CU-T876|accessdate= October 6, 2023}}</ref>
* A [[1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 crash]] on May 27 killed 68 of the 70 on-board and one person on the ground. At the time, the accident was the deadliest aviation accident in Cuba's history; it remains the third deadliest. One of the victims was [[José Carlos Schwarz]], a poet and musician from [[Guinea-Bissau]].<ref>{{cite web |title=José Carlos Schwarz - Rossio Music Publishing |url=https://www.rossiomusicpublishing.pt/en/authors/680-jose-carlos-schwarz%7CRossio |website=www.rossiomusicpublishing.pt |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref>
* On July 7, 1983, Air Florida Flight 8 with 47 people on board was flying from [[Fort Lauderdale International Airport]] to [[Tampa International Airport]]. One of the passengers handed a note to one of the flight attendants, saying that he had a bomb and telling them to fly the plane to [[Havana, Cuba]]. He revealed a small athletic bag, which he opened and inside was an apparent explosive device. The airplane was diverted to Havana-José Martí International Airport and the hijacker was taken into custody by Cuban authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830707-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737 registration unknown Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)|author=Harro Ranter|date=July 7, 1983|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507074226/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830707-0|archive-date=May 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On September 3, 1989, [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046]], an Ilyushin Il-62M (CU-T1281) operating a non-scheduled international passenger flight to [[Cologne]] ([[Cologne Bonn Airport]]), West Germany, crashed shortly after take-off. All 115 passengers and 11 crew members as well as 24 persons on the ground were killed and one of the passengers survived the crash initially, succumbing to his injuries nine days later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Only Survivor of Crash That Killed 150 Fights for Life |url=https://apnews.com/252d6cb1498f81ac2c0355cafb6687d1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208000131/https://apnews.com/252d6cb1498f81ac2c0355cafb6687d1 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref name="Only Survivor of Cuban Airliner Crash Dies">{{Cite web|title=Only Survivor of Cuban Airliner Crash Dies|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-13-mn-1965-story.html|date=1989-09-13|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2025-04-29}}</ref>
* On May 3, 2007, two army recruits hijacked a plane destined for Miami at José Martí International Airport in Havana. The men killed a hostage before being arrested prior to takeoff. It was the first Cuban hijacking attempt reported since the spring of 2003.<ref>{{in lang|en}} [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E4DB113EF937A35756C0A9619C8B63 Americas: Cuba: Officer Dies In Plane Hijacking Attempt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601052448/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E4DB113EF937A35756C0A9619C8B63 |date=June 1, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', May 4, 2007.</ref>
*On May 18, 2018, a [[Global Air (Mexico)]] [[Boeing 737-200]] operating as [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 972]] crashed after takeoff, killing 112 of the 113 people on board (107 passengers and 6 crew).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44176899|title=More than 100 die in Cuba plane crash|date=2018-05-18|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811075959/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44176899|archive-date=August 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*On March 5, 2023, a [[Southwest Airlines]] [[Boeing 737 MAX 8]] bound for [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]] returned for an emergency landing after a bird strike resulted in damage to one of its engines and made smoke fill the cabin.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bugante |first1=Kristina |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Laura |date=2023-03-05 |title=Video Shows Scary Moments After Bird Strike Leads to Southwest Cabin Filling With Smoke |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/fort-lauderdale-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-back-in-cuba-after-bird-strike/2986575/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=NBC 6 South Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in the Caribbean]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|José Martí International Airport}}
* [http://aviationsystem.com.mx/hav/ Technical Specifications of this airport at IAS (Integrity Aviation System) with Airport diagram]

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