Mundo Maya International Airport Explained

Mundo Maya International Airport
Nativename:Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya
Iata:FRS
Icao:MGMM
Type:Military/Public
Operator:Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
Location:Flores, Guatemala
Focus City:TAG Airlines
Metric-Elev:yes
Elevation-M:118
Coordinates:16.9139°N -89.8664°W
Pushpin Map:Guatemala Petén#Guatemala
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Petén Department##Location in Guatemala
Pushpin Label:MGMM
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-M:3,000
R1-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Total Passengers
Stat1-Data:186,324
Footnotes:Source: Guatemalan AIP[1] DGAC[2]

Mundo Maya International Airport (Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya,), formerly Flores International Airport as indicated by its IATA code, is an international airport located in the suburb of Santa Elena, in the city of Flores, Guatemala. It serves national and international air traffic for the areas of Flores, Santa Elena, and San Benito, as well as all the Maya sites of Tikal or Yaxhá and destinations such as Guatemala City and Belize.

The airport lacks many amenities compared to other airports its size. It only has 1 small cafe landside, and a large sitting area and shop airside. Despite its size and lack of jetbridges, lounges, and restaurant it is still Guatemala's second busiest airport.

Mundo Maya Airport, like other airports in Guatemala, is going through some expansions, to provide a better service to passengers and airlines, so it will be able to accept a greater number of flights and larger aircraft.In 2012, the ICAO airport identifier for Mundo Maya International Airport changed from MGTK to MGMM.[3]

Statistics

Mundo Maya International airport is the country's second busiest airport and it is one of the busiest airports in Central America. In 2018, Mundo Maya International Airport reported 144,772 passengers, a 5.4% yearly increase

FRS passenger totals, 2015–2018 (thousands)
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Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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Number of passengers!Percentage change Number of movementsPercentage change
2015111,075 N.A. 6,826 N.A.
2016113,444 2.13% 6,915 1.30%
2017137,348 21.07% 7,042 1.84%
2018144,772 5.41% 7,851 11.49%
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Guatemala

Accidents and incidents

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cocesna.org/includes/tng/pub/tNG_download4.php?id=101&lng=0&KT_download1=a33836fedb8802e9dc6f8af2f1570fb1 MGTK – MUNDO MAYA Internacional
  2. Estadísticas, Dirección General de Aviación Civil de Guatemala
  3. Jeppesen. JeppView. Version 3.7.5.0.
  4. Web site: TG-AKA Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 5 August 2010.
  5. Web site: TG-AFA Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 1 August 2010.
  6. Web site: Photo: Aviateca, Douglas DC-3 TG-AFA . Airline Fan . 2 August 2010.
  7. Web site: TG-SAB Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 29 July 2010.
  8. News: Guatemala crash toll now put at 93 . The New York Times . 20 January 1986 . 1 October 2013.