| José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo |
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| IATA: GYE – ICAO: SEGU
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Terminal Aeroportuaria de Guayaquil S.A. (TAGSA) | ||
| Serves | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 6 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 03/21 | 2,790 | 9,154 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passenger movements | 3,784,224 | ||
| Domestic passengers | 2,219,860 | ||
| International Passengers | 1,564,364 | ||
| Sources: TAGSA[1] and DAFIF[2] | |||
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo) (IATA: GYE, ICAO: SEGU) is an airport serving Guayaquil,[2] a city in the province of Guayas in Ecuador. The airport was named after José Joaquín de Olmedo, a notable Ecuadorian poet, first mayor of the city of Guayaquil and former president of Ecuador. It was formerly known as Simón Bolívar International Airport. The airport is located 5 km north of Guayaquil's centre, on the Avenida de las Américas, and has a runway with a length of 2,790 metres (9,154 ft), an elevation of 5 m (16 ft), and can serve Boeing 747s, MD-11s and A340-600s.
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The airport, which has the newest terminal in Ecuador, was renamed after José Joaquín de Olmedo in 2006, in preparation for the inauguration of the new 50,000 sq. meter national and international terminal on 27 July 2006. Although there was an inaugural flight on 28 July 2006, most airlines did not operate completely from the new terminal until 13 August 2006. After that date, the old terminal was closed and it was later turned into a convention center.
The construction of the new terminal and expansion of the runway was finally decided in 2003-2004, years after making the decision that the current infrastructure was not sufficient to cover the city's needs, but that it was not yet commercially viable to build an entirely new airport in the Daular area.
The original project in 2003-2004 contemplated the construction of a 28,000 sq. meter international terminal and the continuing operation of the old terminal, which would be left to handle only domestic flights. However, it was later decided that the new terminal would handle both national and international traffic (hence the larger, 50,000 sq. meter building), and that the older terminal would be closed.
The airport is planned to serve the city of Guayaquil for 10 to 15 years starting in 2006. After this, it is expected to reach a capacity of 5 million passengers a year, and when this happens a new airport will be built in the Daular area, some 20 kilometers outside the city, near the highway that connects Guayaquil to Salinas and other coastal towns.
Guayaquil's airport link information: www.tagsa.aero
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport was named "Best Airport in Latin America 2008 & 2009" by BusinessWeek Magazine. The second best on 2011 All the domestics flight going from the Ecuadorean main land into the Galapagos Islands do make an stop in Guayaquil to refuel and pick up passengers due to its location, is the closest point from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands
The airport resides at an elevation of 19 feet (6 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 9,154 by 151 feet (2,790 × 46 m).[2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AeroGal | Baltra, Cuenca, Lima, New York-JFK, Quito, San Cristóbal |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| Avianca | Bogotá |
| Conviasa | Caracas |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City |
| Copa Airlines Colombia | Bogotá |
| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: Atlanta |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| KLM | Amsterdam, Quito |
| LAN Airlines | Miami, Caracas, Santiago de Chile |
| LAN Ecuador | Baltra, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cuenca, Lima, Madrid, Miami, New York-JFK, Quito, San Cristobal |
| SAEREO | Latacunga, Loja, Santa Rosa |
| SBA Airlines | Caracas |
| TACA Airlines | San Salvador |
| TACA Airlines operated by Lacsa | San José de Costa Rica |
| TACA Perú | Cali, Lima |
| TAME | Baltra, Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Loja, Panama City, Quito, San Cristóbal |