Quetzaltenango Airport
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Los Altos Airport Aeropuerto Los Altos |
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| Airport type | Joint | ||||||||||
| Owner | Guatemalan Government | ||||||||||
| Operator | Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil | ||||||||||
| Serves | Quetzaltenango | ||||||||||
| Location | Quetzaltenango | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7,779 ft / 2,371 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°51′56″N 091°30′07″W / 14.86556°N 91.50194°WCoordinates: 14°51′56″N 091°30′07″W / 14.86556°N 91.50194°W | ||||||||||
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 Los Altos Airport
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Source: DAFIF
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| Passengers | 2,937 |
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Los Altos Airport (IATA: AAZ, ICAO: MGQZ) (Aeropuerto Los Altos,) serves the city of Quetzaltenango also known as "Xelajú" or "Xela" and western Guatemala. It is operated and administrated by DGAC - Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil de Guatemala.
'Quetzaltenango Airport is located in the Guatemalan highlands, in the northeastern part of the city of Quetzaltenango.
The airport is currently undergoing massive construction works, as part of a nationwide airport rehabilitation program. Serving Guatemalas second largest city, AAZ aims to gain international status, along with La Aurora International Airport and Mundo Maya International Airport. The whole region hopes to profit economically from this new airport. So far, the next airport to Quetzaltenango with regular airline connections was 200 km (120 mi) away, in Guatemala City. Until 2006 the airfield in "Xela" only consisted of a grass/gravel runway. It had no significant terminal building and only a small hangar. Air traffic was very limited due to many missing essential features for a safe and unobstructed operation. In September 2006 construction works began, which include:
An emergency operations center has been installed at the airport in order to respond faster to disasters like hurricane Stan in the future. The new runway was inaugurated by president Oscar Berger on January 10, 2008. The terminal is still under construction, and it would be ready by late 2013.
Quetzaltenango 1 is the name of the first aircraft built in Central America, Miguel Angel Castroconde is responsible for the airplane with the name Quetzaltenango 1, plane he built with the help of his son becoming the PrimerCconstructor an aircraft in Guatemala.
On May 12, 2003 After the first flight that lasted 30 minutes, followed by further testing done only to a volunteer who offered to accompany him, now see it is regular with his son and friends who ask you to take them to feel Quetzaltenango the excitement of seeing a plane built in this city.
In 2016, the airport handled 2,937 passengers.
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