Guaraní International Airport

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.

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 (1993-08-20)
Time zone	Time in Paraguay (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL	258 m / 846 ft
Coordinates	25°27′20″S 054°50′37″W
Map
AGT Location of airport in Paraguay
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 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]

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

No scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Avianca Cargo	Bogota, Campinas[4], Santiago de Chile[5]
Atlas Air	Miami
LATAM Cargo Chile	Santiago de Chile
Western Global Airlines	Miami

Statistics

Terminal exterior

Terminal air side

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) reports:^[1][6]

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.

See also

• Paraguay portal
• Aviation portal

• List of airports in Paraguay
• Transport in Paraguay
• List of airports by ICAO code: S#SG - Paraguay