Guayaquil Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo
Characteristics
ICAO code	SEGU
IATA code	GYE
Coordinates	2 ° 9 ′ 25 ″  S , 79 ° 53 ′ 6 ″  W Coordinates: 2 ° 9 ′ 25 ″  S , 79 ° 53 ′ 6 ″  W
Height above MSL	6 m (20  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km north of Guayaquil
Basic data
opening	2007
operator	Terminal Aeroportuaria de Guayaquil SA
surface	200 ha
Passengers	3,884,068 (2017)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	5 million passengers
Employees	410
Start-and runway
03/21	2684 m × 45 m asphalt
website
www.tagsa.aero

The Guayaquil Airport ( Spanish Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo) in Ecuador is the second largest and most modern airport in the country after Quito . Its name recalls the famous poet and president José Joaquín de Olmedo of Ecuador.

With a maximum capacity of five million passengers a year, the terminal serves passenger traffic for Guayaquil and southern Ecuador. After the last expansion in 2014, a new terminal was added. From 2024 a completely new airport is to be built 26 km to the west in the Daule region on an area of ​​2,020 hectares. The existing airport is very close to the city, only five kilometers north of the city center. A local bus line connects the airport with the main bus station in the city center.

Until 2006 the airport was still called "Simon Bolivar", like other airports in South America. With the inauguration of the new terminal in 2007, the infrastructure got its current name after the Guayaquil-born lawyer, writer, politician and President of the country José Joaquín de Olmedo. The old terminal was converted into an exhibition center.

Airlines in GYE

• Air Europa (Madrid, Paris)
• Avior Airlines (Barcelona, ​​Venezuela)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Avianca (several national and international destinations)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Iberia (Madrid)
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• LATAM Airlines (several international destinations)
• Spirit Airlines (several international destinations)
• TAME (Quito, Cuenca, Baltra, San Cristóbal)

Incidents

• On April 29, 1983, shortly after the start of a Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R operated by SAN Ecuador (HC-BAT) from Guayaquil Airport, a double engine failure occurred. The machine could not return to the airport and crashed into a muddy field. 8 out of 100 people on board died in the accident (see also SAN-Ecuador flight 832 ) .

Web links

Commons : José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WAD JOSE JOAQUIN DE OLMEDO INTL
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• TAGSA Aeropuerto de Guayaquil website
• VIP
• TAME

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aeropuerto de Guayaquil está en el 'top 100' de los Premios Skytrax World Airport Awards elcomercio.com, accessed on January 30, 2019 (Spanish)
2. ↑ Escritores José Joaquín de Olmedo - Por Historia y Biografía historia-biografia.com, of December 4, 2017 (Spanish)
3. ↑ Nuevo aeropuerto de Guayaquil aplaza su construcción prevista para el 2024 elcomercio.com, of July 9, 2018