Airport type Public / Military 05/23 3,400 11,154 Asphalt Elevation 258 m | Elevation AMSL 846 ft / 258 m 3,400 11,154 Code AGT | |
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Serves Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Address Ruta Internacional 7, Minga Guazú, Paraguay Similar Aeroporto Internacio de Foz do, Cataratas Internatio Airport, Iguazu Falls, Paraíso Golf & Resort | ||
Guarani International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional "Guaraní") (IATA: AGT, ICAO: SGES) is an international airport located at Minga Guazú, a city of Gran Ciudad del Este in the Alto Paraná Department of Paraguay. It is Paraguay's second international airport.
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History
The airport was built to replace the city's former Alejo García Airport, which eventually was surrounded by the city's development. During the 1990s, the airport generated much movement and had up to four flights per day with airlines such as Ladesa, Arpa and the Military Transport. In 2013, the administrator of the airport, Gerardo Brítez Mussa, stated that people of Paraguay must acquire the habit of travelling by airplane and that the airport needs more operations of passengers. "The Paraguayans must acquire the culture of air travel, for a better advantage of our day and age and a better quality of life, because the non use of air travel is not only because of the cost but because we have not acquired this mode of life. This will allow companies that come, to stay" stated Brítez Mussa.
Security
In September 2014, the customs office of the airport conducts seminars about Ebola to prevent measures of points of entry into the country, and a seminar was conducted also at Asuncion's Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.
Statistics
In 2012, The Guaraní International Airport registers 45 private flights daily, plus 2 commercial flights of TAM. A freighter flights mentioned with a frequency of 3-4 times per week in addition besides flight instruction school pilot operating in the terminal. As of 2013, the airport registers more Cargo operations than passenger travel with TAM being the only airline that operates for public flights. It maintains approximately 200 passengers per day, including private and cargo flights. Including Cargo flights, as well as TAM's São Paulo-Asunción flight which stops at the airport, there are 15 to 20 daily flights which are registered in the terminal.
Hotels
The Casa Blanca Hotel (Street Botero Norte number 69) of the Parana Country club is located 21.8 km from the Airport. The Hotel San Rafael (Avenue Adrian Jara and Avay) is 22.4 km from the airport. The Hotel Casino Acaray (Street 11 de Setiembre and Luis Ma. Argaña) is located 22.8 km from the airport. Several hotels which are located at Brazil's Iguazu Falls are located approximately 25 km from the Airport.
Access
The airport is located 25 km (16 mi) from downtown Ciudad del Este.