Guaraní International Airport | |
Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Internacional Guaraní|italic=yes |
Iata: | AGT |
Icao: | SGES |
Type: | Public/Military |
City-Served: | Ciudad del Este |
Location: | Minga Guazú, Paraguay |
Timezone: | Time in Paraguay |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Elevation-F: | 846 |
Elevation-M: | 258 |
Coordinates: | -25.4556°N -54.8436°W |
Pushpin Map: | Paraguay |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | AGT |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Paraguay |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
R1-Number: | 05/23 |
R1-Length-M: | 3,400 |
R1-Length-F: | 11,154 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2023 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 6,761 450% |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Operations |
Stat2-Data: | 5,149 17% |
Stat3-Header: | Metric tonnes of cargo |
Stat3-Data: | 8,778 55% |
Footnotes: | Statistics: DINAC[1] |
Guaraní International Airport is an international airport located in the municipality of Minga Guazú, and serving Ciudad del Este. It is the second most important and international airport in Paraguay.
The airport was dedicated on 20 August 1993.
The facility was built to replace the former Alejo García Airport in Ciudad del Este, which eventually was surrounded by the city's development.
Even though during the 1990s, the airport had an important passenger movement with up to four flights a day with airlines such as Ladesa, Arpa, and the Paraguayan Military Transport, it found is vocation as a cargo hub for the import of goods from Asia and North America to feed the free trade zone of Ciudad del Este.[2]
Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) reports:[1]
Year | Passenger | Aircraft | Cargo (t) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 6,761 450% | 5,149 17% | 8,778 55% | |
2022 | 1,230 78% | 4,384 7% | 5,666 1% | |
2021 | 5,591 21% | 4,697 49% | 5,598 17% | |
2020 | 7,054 78% | 3,157 55% | 4,799 24% | |
2019 | 32,573 22% | 7,002 1% | 6,342 2% | |
2018 | 41,512 1% | 7,050 7% | 6,237 25% | |
2017 | 40,923 6% | 6,579 5% | 8,319 28% | |
2016 | 43,622 64% | 6,266 1% | 6,507 15% | |
2015 | 26,660 25% | 6,175 12% | 5,683 36% | |
2014 | 35,769 35% | 7,040 7% | 8,881 14% | |
2013 | 55,315 13% | 6,590 8% | 10,377 22% | |
2012 | 63,612 8% | 7,199 2% | 13,386 5% | |
2011 | 59,155 30% | 7,361 1% | 14,128 15% | |
2010 | 45,566 31% | 7,261 19% | 12,301 30% | |
2009 | 34,671 48% | 6,112 8% | 9,443 1% | |
2008 | 66,531 | 6,663 | 9,349 |
The airport, located within the municipality of Minga Guazú is located 25km (16miles) from downtown Ciudad del Este.