Ogle Airport

Ogle International Airport
IATA: OGL – ICAO: SYGO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 06°48′26″N 058°06′21″W / 6.80722°N 58.10583°WCoordinates: 06°48′26″N 058°06′21″W / 6.80722°N 58.10583°W
Map
OGL

Location of the airport in Guyana

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,280 4,200 Concrete
Source: DAFIF,[1][2] STV[3]

Ogle International Airport (IATA: OGL, ICAO: SYGO) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Guyana, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the capital, Georgetown, in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana.

History

In 2003 the airport was a local hub shuttling some 50,000 passengers and 1,800 tons of cargo annually. Construction began that year to expand the facility to an international airport with upgraded facilities for immigration, customs, air traffic control, health and fire service. The lengthened and expanded runway is now in service, and a ceremony to formally open the new airport terminal was held in March, 2007.

OGL received its port-of-entry certification in 2009. It has a Class 1A, 4,200 feet (1,300 m)-long runway made of concrete (07-25) the former runway 07R-25L is now being used as a taxiway only. It operates under Visual Flight Rules and Instrument Flight Rules.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
LIAT Barbados
Gum Air Paramaribo
Trans Guyana Airways Paramaribo, Lethem, Interior Airstrips in Guyana
Air Services Limited Interior Airstrips in Guyana
Roraima Airways Interior Airstrips in Guyana
Wings Aviation Limited/Fly Guyana Interior Airstrips in Guyana

Other facilities

The airline Fly Jamaica Airways maintains its Guyana ticket office in the Wings Aviation hangar in the airport.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for SYLT from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for LTM at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ↑ Airport information for Ogle Airport at Search (for) Travel website.
  4. ↑ Ogle Airport, Inc. Retrieved on 5 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Contact Us." Fly Jamaica Airways. Retrieved on March 22, 2015. "Ticket Office Wings Aviation Hangar Ogle International Airport Ogle, ECD, Guyana South America"