MGA

Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport

ICAO MNMG12.1415°N 86.1682°W59 m / 194 ftLarge airport
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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
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
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miBEF · Bluefields Airport · 261 km / 162 miSJO · Juan Santamaría International Airport · 321 km / 199 miRNI · Corn Island Airport · 338 km / 210 miSAL · El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez · 345 km / 214 miPUZ · Puerto Cabezas Airport · 368 km / 229 miGUA · La Aurora International Airport · 544 km / 338 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 816 km / 507 miHAV · José Martí International Airport · 1,270 km / 789 miMEX · Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · 1,600 km / 994 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,639 km / 1,018 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 2,198 km / 1,366 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 3,888 km / 2,416 miYULIAHMIAMEXHAVPTYGUAPUZRNISJOSALBEFMGA
Year-round11
BEFBluefields AirportNicaragua · La Costeña261 km162 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · SANSA, Copa Airlines321 km199 miRNICorn Island AirportNicaragua · La Costeña338 km210 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Avianca El Salvador345 km214 miPUZPuerto Cabezas AirportNicaragua · La Costeña368 km229 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Copa Airlines544 km338 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines816 km507 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Conviasa1,270 km789 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico Connect1,600 km994 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Avianca El Salvador, American Airlines1,639 km1,018 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,198 km1,366 mi
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