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Revision as of 15:52, 28 October 2007
La Aurora International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Joint | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda | ||||||||||
| Operator | Dirección General de Aeronautica Civil | ||||||||||
| Serves | Guatemala City | ||||||||||
| Location | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,509 m / 4,952 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°34′59.78″N 90°31′38.91″W / 14.5832722°N 90.5274750°W | ||||||||||
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Currently under renovations | |||||||||||
La Aurora International Airport (IATA: GUA, ICAO: MGGT) serves Guatemala City, Guatemala and is located 6km south of Guatemala City's centre. It is administered by the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil and is Guatemala's busiest and largest airport, followed by Mundo Maya International Airport near Flores, Petén.
La Aurora Airport will be going through some expansions, to provide a better service to passengers and airlines, so it will be able to accept a greater number flights and larger aircraft. A terminal is being built that will house a total of twenty-two aircraft. It is expected that the project will be completed in December 2007.
On June 2007 the airport was certified as Category I by the FAA.
Infrastructure and News
La Aurora is being renovated, along with other airports in the country, such as Mundo Maya International Airport, Quetzaltenango Airport, Puerto Barrios Airport,and San José Airport.
Seven new gates were opened in July equipped with jetway bridges and modern installations, also a new parking garage was opened which is capable of handling 480 vehicles. The new counters were also finished. Nine more gates will be opened in November. The airport will have two terminals: the North Terminal with 14 gates and the Central Terminal used for larger aircraft with four gates. There are new airlines waiting government approval, some have already started. Also some airlines that are operating are going to expand their flights or expand to other destinations such as Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Copa Airlines. It is rumored that Taca intends a hub in 2008 and begin flying to cities in South America like: Bogota, Caracas, Quito, Lima and Panama in Central America, and expanding their daily flights.
Airlines and destinations
Terminal 1 (North Finger)
- American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
- Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City, Managua, San Jose(CR))
- Cubana de Aviación (Havana)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK [begins December 14])
- Iberia (Madrid, Panama City) [Will be transfer to Terminal 2]
- Interjet (Cancún, Toluca) [Starts November 6, 2007]
- Mexicana (Mexico City, San Jose (CR) and Panama City)
- TACA (Cancún, Chicago-O'Hare, Flores, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York-JFK, San José (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Washington-Dulles)
- Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles)
- United Airlines (Los Angeles)
- US Airways (Charlotte)
Terminal 2 (Central Finger)
(This terminal will open in December, 2007 to receive large sized aircraft like A340-600, Boeing 747, MD 11, A330, etc.)
- Iberia (Madrid, Panama City) [Will operate in this terminal on December, 2007]
Private Hangars
- Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (Flores, Copán)[1]
New airlines and new routes
- Delta Airlines announced service to New York-JFK beginning December 14, 2007 operating three times a week on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
- Interjet announced they will begin flying to Toluca in November 6, 2007 with a daily flight, and from Cancun three times a week.
- Continental Airlines announced his daily third flight to Houston, and flying three times a week on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from Newark, starting on December 18, 2007 (this service is seasonal)
Negotiation Routes
- The Authorities of Guatemala are having conversations with Virgin Atlantic to operate the Route London - Guatemala - London [2]
- The authorites of Guatemala are in talks with Air France to operate the route Paris - Guatemala - Paris [3]
- China Airlines is waiting for goverment approval to operate the route Taiwan - Guatemala - Taiwan with a possible stop in Los Angeles
Cargo airlines
- ABX Air (Ohio)
- Aero Ruta Maya (Tikal, Copán, Palenque, Quirigua, Roatan)
- AeroSucre (Bogotá)
- Amerijet International (Miami)
- Arrow Air (Miami)
- Copa Airlines Cargo (Panama City)
- DHL (San José (CR), Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa)
- DHL De Guatemala ((San José (CR), Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa)
- FEDEX (Memphis)
- Florida West International Airways (Miami)
- Martinair Cargo (Miami, Amsterdam)
- MasAir (Mexico City)
- UPS (Atlanta)
Previous carriers and destinations
- AeroMexico (Mexico City, Managua, San Pedro Sula)
- KLM (Amsterdam via Curacao, later to Amsterdam via Mexico City)
- Sabena (Brussels via Mexico City)
- Pan Am (Miami, San Francisco via Los Angeles, San Salvador)
- Tikal Jets Airlines (Flores, Habana, Mexico City, Cancún, Managua, San Pedro Sula)[4][5]
- Aviateca (San Jose, San Salvador, Managua, Miami, Cancún, Flores, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mérida, San Pedro Sula)
- Lauda Air Italy / Livingston Energy Flight (Milan)
- Iberia (feeder service to Miami, San José(CR) )
- Mayan World Airlines (Flores, Cancún)
- SAM Colombia (San Salvador,San José, San Andrés, Bogotá, Medellín)
- Eastern Airlines (Miami)
- Ladeco (Guayaquil, Iquique,Bogotá, Santiago de Chile)
- Sahsa (San Salvador, Tegucigalpa)
- Aviacsa (Tapachula)
- Servivensa (San José, Bogotá, Caracas)
- Aerovias (Flores)
- Aeroquetzal (Flores, Los Angeles)
- Aeronica (Managua)
- United Airlines (Miami, San Jose (CR))
- US Airways (Ft. Lauderdale)