Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

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The Georgetown Airport, English Cheddi Jagan International Airport ( CJIA ), is the only international airport of the South American country of Guyana. It is located about 41 km south of the capital Georgetown, Demerara- Mahaica in the region.

The airport was first called Atkinson Aerodrome and was renamed Timehri International Airport in 1969, in 1997 the airport was in turn named after the former President of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan, named.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines use the airport for scheduled services:

  • Amerijet International ( Santiago (DR ), Santo Domingo ) - cargo airline
  • Caribbean Airlines (Barbados, Port of Spain )
  • Caribbean Star Airlines
  • Laparkan - cargo airline
  • Leeward Islands Air Transport ( LIAT ) ( Barbados, Port of Spain )
  • Meta Linhas Aéreas (Boa Vista, Belém, Paramaribo )
  • North American Airlines (New York- JFK)

Incidents

In the early morning of 30 July 2011 Boeing 737-800 overshot on the flight 523 from New York to Georgetown, Guyana with 163 people aboard while landing in Georgetown the runway. The machine was broken into two parts, with all the passengers survived and there were only a few casualties.

International Civil Aviation Organization airport code IATA-Code Fixed-base operator Airport terminal Georgetown (Guyana) Demerara-Mahaica
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