Guaraní International Airport

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Guaraní International Airport - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 25°27′20″S 054°50′37″W / 25.45556°S 54.84361°W

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Guaraní International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Guaraní

IATA: AGT
ICAO: SGES

Summary

Airport type

Public/Military

Serves

Ciudad del Este

Location

Minga Guazú, Paraguay

Opened

20 August 1993; 31 years ago

Time zone

Time in Paraguay (UTC−03:00)

Elevation AMSL

258 m / 846 ft

Coordinates

25°27′20″S 054°50′37″W / 25.45556°S 54.84361°W

Map

AGT

Location of airport in Paraguay

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	3,400	11,154	Asphalt

Statistics (2024)

Passengers	7,722 14%
Aircraft Operations	5,349 4%
Metric tonnes of cargo	11,409 30%

Statistics: DINAC^[1]

Guaraní International Airport (IATA: AGT, ICAO: SGES) is an international airport located in the municipality of Minga Guazú, and serving Ciudad del Este. It is the second most important and international airport in Paraguay.

History

The airport was dedicated on 20 August 1993.^[2]

The facility was built to replace the former Alejo García Airport in Ciudad del Este, which eventually was surrounded by the city's development.

Even though during the 1990s, the airport had an important passenger movement with up to four flights a day with airlines such as Ladesa, Arpa, and the Paraguayan Military Transport, it found is vocation as a cargo hub for the import of goods from Asia and North America to feed the free trade zone of Ciudad del Este.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Paranair	Asunción

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Atlas Air	Miami
LATAM Cargo Chile	Santiago de Chile
Western Global Airlines	Miami

Statistics

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) reports:^[1]^[4]

Year	Passenger	Aircraft	Cargo (t)
2024	7,722 14%	5,349 4%	11,409 30%
2023	6,761 450%	5,149 17%	8,778 55%
2022	1,230 78%	4,384 7%	5,666 1%
2021	5,591 21%	4,697 49%	5,598 17%
2020	7,054 78%	3,157 55%	4,799 24%
2019	32,573 22%	7,002 1%	6,342 2%
2018	41,512 1%	7,050 7%	6,237 25%
2017	40,923 6%	6,579 5%	8,319 28%
2016	43,622 64%	6,266 1%	6,507 15%
2015	26,660 25%	6,175 12%	5,683 36%
2014	35,769 35%	7,040 7%	8,881 14%
2013	55,315 13%	6,590 8%	10,377 22%
2012	63,612 8%	7,199 2%	13,386 5%
2011	59,155 30%	7,361 1%	14,128 15%
2010	45,566 31%	7,261 19%	12,301 30%
2009	34,671 48%	6,112 8%	9,443 1%
2008	66,531	6,663	9,349

Access

The airport, located within the municipality of Minga Guazú is located 25 km (16 mi) from downtown Ciudad del Este.

References

^ ^a ^b "ESTADÍSTICAS DE TRÁFICO AÉREO ENERO A DICIEMBRE 2024 RESUMEN ESTADÍSTICO TRANSPORTE AÉREO COMERCIAL" (PDF). DINAC (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2025.
^ "Reseña Historica", DINAC (in Spanish), 9 January 2010, archived from the original on 4 December 2021, retrieved 26 February 2021
^ "Aeropuerto Guaraní cumplió 20 años y con una sola empresa aérea operando | NEGOCIOS | LANACION.com.py". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
^ "Datos Estadísticos mensuales del Transporte Aéreo Comercial en Paraguay". Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

External links

Airport information for SGES at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Current weather for SGES at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for AGT at Aviation Safety Network

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v t e Ciudad del Este
Landmarks	Religion and places of worship: Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este Parks and squares: Triple Frontier Friendship Bridge (Brazil–Paraguay) Itaipu Dam Estadio Antonio Aranda
Economy and transport	Guaraní International Airport (property of the city of Minga Guazú) Ciudad del Este Bus Terminal
Education	Universidad Nacional del Este
Languages	Guaraní Spanish Portuguese Portuñol Chinese Arabic
Sports	Clubs: Paranaense 3 de Febrero Asociación de Atletismo del Alto Paraná
History and culture	2017 Ciudad del Este robbery Cuisine of Ciudad del Este Paraguay–Lebanon relations Paraguay–Taiwan relations Brazil–Paraguay relations Argentina–Paraguay relations
People	See Category:People from Ciudad del Este

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