La Aurora International Airport
La Aurora International Airport
La Aurora International Airport (IATA: GUA, ICAO: MGGT) serves Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. It is located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi; 3.5 nmi) south of Guatemala City's center and 25 km (16 mi; 13 nmi) from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics. The airport is the fourth-busiest in Central America in terms of passenger traffic behind Tocumen International Airport in Panamá, Juan Santamaría International Airport in Costa Rica, and the El Salvador International Airport.
Location
14.583°N, 90.528°O · 1.509 m s. n. m. (4.952 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 6
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
In October 2004, Iberia introduced nonstop service to Madrid aboard Airbus A340s. The route resulted from the airline's decision to shut down its Miami hub, where passengers previously had to change planes. The airport was closed for six months in 2020, from March to September, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines operating here · 21
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Diario La Nación, Guatemala · Public domain · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). La Aurora International Airport (GUA). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GUA
MLA
“La Aurora International Airport (GUA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GUA. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) La Aurora International Airport (GUA). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GUA (Accessed: 16 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{La Aurora International Airport (GUA)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GUA}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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