Mundo Maya International Airport

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Mundo Maya International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya
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Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorDirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
Location Flores, Guatemala
Focus city for TAG Airlines
Elevation  AMSL 118 m / 387 ft
Coordinates 16°54′50″N089°51′59″W / 16.91389°N 89.86639°W / 16.91389; -89.86639
Map
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MGMM
Location in Petén Department
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MGMM
Location in Guatemala
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
10/283,0009,843 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Total Passengers186,324
Source: Guatemalan AIP [1] DGAC [2]

Mundo Maya International Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya, IATA : FRS, ICAO : MGMM), formerly Flores International Airport as indicated by its 3-letter code, is an international airport located in the suburb of Santa Elena, in the city of Flores, Guatemala. It serves national and international air traffic for the areas of Flores, Santa Elena, and San Benito, as well as all the Maya sites of Tikal or Yaxhá and destinations such as Guatemala City and Belize.

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The airport lacks many amenities compared to other airports its size. It only has 1 small cafe landside, and a large sitting area and shop airside. Despite its size and lack of jetbridges, lounges, and restaurant it is still Guatemala's second busiest airport.

Mundo Maya Airport, like other airports in Guatemala, is going through some expansions, to provide a better service to passengers and airlines, so it will be able to accept a greater number of flights and larger aircraft. In 2012, the ICAO airport identifier for Mundo Maya International Airport changed from MGTK to MGMM. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Avianca Guatemala Guatemala City
TAG Airlines Cancún, Guatemala City, Mérida

Statistics

Mundo Maya International airport is the country's second busiest airport and it is one of the busiest airports in Central America. In 2018, Mundo Maya International Airport reported 144,772 passengers, a 5.4% yearly increase

FRS passenger totals, 2015–2018 (thousands)
Mundo Maya International Airport
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Number of passengersPercentage changeNumber of movementsPercentage change
2015111,075N.A.6,826N.A.
2016113,444Increase2.svg2.13%6,915Increase2.svg1.30%
2017137,348Increase2.svg21.07%7,042Increase2.svg1.84%
2018144,772Increase2.svg5.41%7,851Increase2.svg11.49%
Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Guatemala

Accidents and incidents

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References

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