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Terminal 2 opened in December 2007, and receives heavy aircraft such as the Airbus A330 and A340, Boeing 747, and McDonnell Douglas MD-11, etc. |
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Revision as of 19:40, 17 December 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, like Spirit Airlines 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,Iberia, United Airlines, Copa Airlines. It is expected that Taca create 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 Terminal)
- American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
- Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City, Managua, San José (CR))
- Cubana de Aviación (Havana)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK)
- Interjet (Cancún, Toluca)
- Mexicana (Mexico City, San José (CR))
- 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 [ends January 8])
- United Airlines (Los Angeles)
- US Airways (Charlotte)
Terminal 2 (Central Terminal)
- Iberia (Madrid, Panama City)
Private Hangars
- Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (Flores, Copán) [1]
New airlines and new routes
- US Airways will have a daily flight to Charlotte starting December 17, 2007 and ending May 4, 2008.
- Iberia Airlines announces the increasing of their flights Madrid-Guatemala-Panama-Madrid from three flights a week to four starting on May, 2008.[2]
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, B-737 (Mexico City, Managua, San Pedro Sula)
- KLM DC-10, B-747-400 (Amsterdam via Curacao, later to Amsterdam via Mexico City)
- Sabena B-707 (Brussels via Mexico City)
- Tikal Jets Airlines Bac-1-11, DC-9 (Flores, Habana, Mexico City, Cancún, Managua, San Pedro Sula)
- Aviateca B-727, B-737 (San Jose, San Salvador, Managua, Miami, Cancún, Flores, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mérida, San Pedro Sula)
- Lauda Air Italy / Livingston Energy Flight, A-330 (Milan)
- Iberia DC-8, DC-10, DC-9, A-319 (Santo Domingo, later feeder service to Miami, San José(CR))
- Mayan World Airlines ATR-42 (Flores, Cancún)
- SAM Colombia B-727 (San Salvador,San José, San Andrés, Bogotá, Medellín)
- Eastern Airlines B-727 (Miami)
- Ladeco B-757 (Guayaquil, Iquique, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile)
- Sahsa B-727, B-737 (San Salvador, Tegucigalpa)
- Aviacsa F-100 (Tapachula)
- Servivensa B-727 (San José, Bogotá, Caracas)
- Aerovias (Flores)
- Aeroquetzal DC-9, A-320 (Flores, Los Angeles)
- Aeronica / Nica Tu-154, B-727, B-707, B-737 (Managua)
- United Airlines B-737 (Miami, San Jose (CR))
- US Airways A-319 (Ft. Lauderdale)
- American Airlines B-757 (Los Angeles)
- MGM Grand Air B-757 (Los Angeles)
- Pan American World Airways used GUA as a hub, DC-4, B-747, B-707, B-720, B-727, A-300 (Miami, San Francisco via Los Angeles, San Salvador, Managua, Panama City, Mexico City, Merida, San José, Brasilia, Houston, Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro, Brownsville, Maracaibo, Barranquilla, Caracas) [3]