# Quezaltenango Airport (AAZ / MGQZ)

**Quezaltenango Airport** (IATA: AAZ, ICAO: MGQZ) is a small airport in Quezaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala. It opened in 2016. It has one runway, 2,103 m (6,900 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgqz

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AAZ / MGQZ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Quezaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
- Opened: 2016
- Elevation: 2,371 m / 7,779 ft
- Coordinates: 14.8656, -91.5020
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,103 m / 6,900 ft
- Passengers: 2,232 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Guatemala
- Website: http://www.dgacguate.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzaltenango_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2818981
- Weather station: MGQZ
- Ident: MGQZ

## Timeline

- 2016: Quezaltenango Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,103 m / 6,900 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 3,141 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,640 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,546 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,314 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 7,469 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,299 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,232 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [GUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mggt.md) La Aurora International Airport · Guatemala · 109 km / 68 mi · Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AAZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 5U [Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transportes-aereos-guatemaltecos) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | =3,124 of 3,974 | #831 in North America | #5 in GT |
| Longest runway | 2,103 m / 6,900 ft | =3,571 of 29,858 | =876 in North America | #5 in GT |
| Elevation | 2,371 m / 7,779 ft | #300 of 43,403 | #101 in North America | #2 in GT |
| Age | Opened 2016 | =13,341 of 15,079 | =10,638 in North America | #3 in GT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GT |

## Nearby airports

- [MGSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgsm.md) San Marcos Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [GT-0008](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gt-0008.md) Santiago Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [AQB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgqc.md) Quiché Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [RER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgrt.md) Retalhuleu Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [CTF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgct.md) Coatepeque Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [HUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mght.md) Huehuetenango Airport · 50 km / 31 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #56

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Quetzaltenango Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quetzaltenango_Airport&oldid=1366315883), revision of 27 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mgqz/data