MGA

Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport

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

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

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto César Sandino - Terminal de Pasajeros
10/28097° / 277° · LIT
LENGTH2,442 m8,012 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2006–2017
1.1M
1.1M
1.2M
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.2M
1.2M
1.3M
1.5M
1.5M
1.6M
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Routes

12 destinations · 9 countries
Most destinationsLa Costeña 3Copa Airlines 3Avianca El Salvador 2SANSA 1Conviasa 1Aeroméxico Connect 1

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.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.6M (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#648of 3,974 · #153 North America · #1 NILongest runway2,442 m8,012 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,683of 29,823 · =541 North America · #3 NIElevation59 m194 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,083of 43,341 · =15,584 North America · #15 NIAgeOpened 19682026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,888of 15,079 · =4,194 North AmericaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 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