Leeward Point Field

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Leeward Point Field
Leeward Airfield

| nativename = {{smaller|Naval Station Guantanamo Bay}}

| image = US Navy 100506-N-8241M-317 An aerial view of the Leeward Airfield at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.jpg

| image-width = 250

| caption = Aerial view, 6 May 2010

| IATA = NBW

| ICAO = MUGM

| type = Military

| owner =

| operator = United States Navy

| location = Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

| elevation-f = 56

| coordinates = {{coord|19|54|23|N|075|12|25|W|region:CU|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Cuba

| pushpin_label = MUGM

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cuba

| website =

| r1-number = 10/28

| r1-length-f = 8,000

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Source: DAFIF{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MUGM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=MUGM|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for MUGM|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.{{GCM|NBW|source=DAFIF}}

}}

Leeward Point Field {{airport codes|NBW|MUGM}}, also known as Leeward Airfield,{{cite web | url = http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/our/gallery.html | title = Photos of Leeward Airfield | publisher = Joint Task Force Guantanamo | accessdate = 30 May 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100408030108/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/our/gallery.html | archivedate = 8 April 2010 }} is a U.S. military airfield located at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On August 18th 1993, a DC-8 freighter crashed in Leeward Point field. All 3 crew members survived.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of {{convert|56|ft|abbr=on}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|8000|x|200|ft|abbr=on|0}}.

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