Guatemala City Airport

Guatemala City, Guatemala

 

Guatemala’s International Airport "La Aurora" is the main gateway to the country and its destinations. Currently located 1 km from the central business district of the City, this airport has major limitations to grow and expand its facilities. It currently serves only 17 cities in other countries by direct flights from Guatemala.

With the natural growth of passengers, the airport‘s operations and different service areas will be obsolete around 2030 or earlier. For this reason the Municipality of Guatemala has initiated a study for the relocation of the airport and its logistic services within the city limits. The planning and projection of the new location has been determined to be within a 5 km radius of the existing facilities, and near the city’s central business district. This relocation would allow to reclassify the land where the airport currently stands, which is the highest land value location, and thus financially sustain the investment of a new airport and a peripheral road. It also would retain and promote tertiary services. The new location will host new industrial areas, with enough handle services, promote the creation of new jobs, support tourism, and attain the demands of international service standards for a high quality airport.