Mundo Maya International Airport

This article is about Flores Airport in Guatemala. For Flores Airport in the Azores, see Flores Airport.
Mundo Maya International Airport
IATA: FRSICAO: MGMM
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
Location Flores, El Petén, Guatemala
Elevation AMSL 118 m / 387 ft
Coordinates 16°54′50″N 089°51′59″W / 16.91389°N 89.86639°W / 16.91389; -89.86639Coordinates: 16°54′50″N 089°51′59″W / 16.91389°N 89.86639°W / 16.91389; -89.86639
Map
MGMM

Location in Guatemala

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Source: Guatemalan AIP[1]

Mundo Maya International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya) (IATA: FRS, ICAO: MGMM), formerly Flores International Airport as indicated by its 3-letter 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 Mayan sites like Tikal or Yaxhá and destinations like Guatemala City and Belize.

Mundo Maya Airport, as the 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 flights and larger aircraft. In 2012, the ICAO airport identifier for Mundo Maya International Airport changed from MGTK to MGMM.[2]

Airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Avianca Guatemala Guatemala City
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos Guatemala City
Tropic Air Belize City

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. MGTK – MUNDO MAYA Internacional
  2. Jeppesen. JeppView. Version 3.7.5.0.
  3. "TG-AKA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. "TG-AFA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. "Photo: Aviateca, Douglas DC-3 TG-AFA". Airline Fan. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  6. "TG-SAB Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  7. "Guatemala crash toll now put at 93". The New York Times. 20 January 1986. Retrieved 1 October 2013.


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