San José Airport

Infobox Airport
name = San Jose Airport
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ICAO = MGSJ
type = Joint
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operator = Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
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location = Puerto San José
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elevation-m = 9
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r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 6596
r1-length-m = 2010
r1-surface = Asphalt
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San José Airport Airport codes|?|MGSJ (Aeropuerto de Puerto San José, Escuintla) serves the city of Puerto San José, the recreative town of Monterrico, the port of Puerto Quetzal and the eastern Guatemalan pacific coast . It is operated and administrated by DGAC - Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil de Guatemala. As this is a new airport it still lacks an IATA code, although it already has an ICAO code.

General

San José Airport is located in the western part of the city of Puerto San José, near the pacific coastline.The airport has been recently refurbished and reopened in September 2007, as part of a nationwide airport rehabilitation program. The achieved improvements are:Fact|date=January 2008

*a newly built 2500 m² terminal building with car park
*a newly built tower
*newly asphalted an amplified runway with illumination and signposting

Airlines

* Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (charter flights) [ [http://www.tag.com.gt/espanol/destinos.htm Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos ] ] .
* Air Venture Tours (charter flights only) [http://www.airventuretours.com/default.php?lng=&showpage=70]
* The airport serves as Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport diversion airport if La Aurora has bad weather. [es icon [http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2006/noviembre/22/156905.html PrensaLibre.com - Sugieren un operador para seguridad aeroportuaria ] ] .

Notes

External links

* [http://www.dgac.gob.gt Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil]
* [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=514955 Renderings and photos of the terminal]
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