# Toncontín Airport (TGU / MHTG)

**Toncontín Airport** (IATA: TGU, ICAO: MHTG) is a medium airport in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras. It has one runway, 1,863 m (6,112 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 337 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TGU / MHTG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
- Elevation: 1,004 m / 3,294 ft
- Coordinates: 14.0609, -87.2172
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,863 m / 6,112 ft
- Passengers: 337,493 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Tegucigalpa
- Website: https://toncontin.aeropuerto.hn
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toncont%C3%ADn_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930733
- Weather station: MHTG · WMO 78720
- Ident: MHTG

## Timeline

- 21 Oct 1989: Tan-Sahsa Flight 414. 131 killed.
- 30 May 2008: TACA Flight 390. 3 killed.
- 14 Feb 2011: Central American Airways Flight 731. 14 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,863 m / 6,112 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 019° / 199° | yes |

- 02/20 slopes 1.1%: threshold 20 at 996 m / 3,268 ft, threshold 02 at 1,017 m / 3,337 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 452,144 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 565,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 493,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 581,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 587,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 617,526 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 603,486 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 697,925 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 625,593 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 574,453 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 109,670 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 337,493 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [SAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlm.md) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport · Honduras · 172 km / 107 mi · CM Airlines
- [LCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlc.md) Golosón International Airport · Honduras · 191 km / 119 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa
- [RTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhro.md) Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport · Honduras · 262 km / 163 mi · Aerolíneas Sosa, CM Airlines
- [PEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhpl.md) Puerto Lempira Airport · Honduras · 393 km / 244 mi · CM Airlines

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [RTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhro.md) Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport · Honduras · 262 km / 163 mi · Aviatsa

### Cargo (1)

- [GUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mggt.md) La Aurora International Airport · Guatemala · 361 km / 224 mi · DHL de Guatemala

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- H5 [CM Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cm-airlines) · 3
- P4 [Aerolíneas Sosa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-sosa) · 2
- LEM [Aviatsa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aviatsa) · 1 · seasonal charter

### Cargo (1)

- L3 [DHL de Guatemala](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-de-guatemala) · 1

Former hub of [SAHSA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sahsa).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 337K (2021) | #1,286 of 3,974 | #294 in North America | #3 in HN |
| Longest runway | 1,863 m / 6,112 ft | #4,390 of 29,858 | #1,170 in North America | #5 in HN |
| Elevation | 1,004 m / 3,294 ft | =4,779 of 43,403 | #2,462 in North America | #3 in HN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in HN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TONCONTIN APP | 119.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 112.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | TEGUCIGALPA RDO | 126.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [MHTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhta.md) Tamara Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [MHAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhar.md) Archaga Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [MHFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhfn.md) San Fernando Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [MHRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhra.md) Rapaco II Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [MHLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlt.md) Llanos Del Tigre Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [MHLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mhlf.md) Flefil Airport · 42 km / 26 mi

## 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: “Toncontín International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toncontín_International_Airport&oldid=1372810900), revision of 2 Sep 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/mhtg/data