Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport

ICAO MNMG12.1415°N 86.1682°W59 m / 194 ftLarge airport

Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport (IATA: MGA, ICAO: MNMG) is a large airport in Managua, Managua Department, Nicaragua. It opened in 1968. It has one runway, 2,442 m (8,012 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Administrative Company of National and International Airports. In 2017 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1968–1982

1968

OpenedAugusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport opens.

14 AUG 1982

Disaster1982 IAI Arava 201 crash.20 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

10/28097° / 277° · LIT

LENGTH2,442 m8,012 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2006–2017

1.1M

1.2M

1.1M

1.2M

1.3M

1.5M

1.6M

060708091011121314151617

Routes

12 destinations · 9 countries

Year-round11

BEFBluefields AirportNicaragua · La Costeña261 km162 mi SJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · SANSA, Copa Airlines321 km199 mi RNICorn Island AirportNicaragua · La Costeña338 km210 mi SALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Avianca El Salvador345 km214 mi PUZPuerto Cabezas AirportNicaragua · La Costeña368 km229 mi GUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Copa Airlines544 km338 mi PTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines816 km507 mi HAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Conviasa1,270 km789 mi MEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico Connect1,600 km994 mi MIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Avianca El Salvador, American Airlines1,639 km1,018 mi IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,198 km1,366 mi

Seasonal1

YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · WestJet3,888 km2,416 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MGA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Augusto C. Sandino International Airport” (revision of 5 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

10 airlines · destinations from MGA

Hub airlines2

NISLa Costeña3 —Air Nicaragua

Passenger8

CMCopa Airlines3 TAAvianca El Salvador2 5DAeroméxico Connect1 AAAmerican Airlines1 V0Conviasa1 RZSANSA1 UAUnited Airlines1 WSWestJetseasonal · 1

Former hub of Aeronica, Atlantic Airlines and Nicaraguense de Aviación.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from MGA. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.6M (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#648of 3,974 · #153 North America · #1 NI Longest runway2,442 m8,012 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,684of 29,858 · =541 North America · #3 NI Elevation59 m194 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,137of 43,403 · =15,593 North America · #15 NI AgeOpened 19682026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,887of 15,079 · =4,192 North America Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =2,583 North America · =1 NI

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPAPP119.400

GNDGND121.900

RDORDO126.900

TWRTWR118.100