# José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE / SEGU)

**José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport** (IATA: GYE, ICAO: SEGU) is a large airport in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. It opened in 1962. It has one runway, 2,790 m (9,154 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 3.7 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GYE / SEGU
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador
- Opened: 1962
- Elevation: 6 m / 19 ft
- Coordinates: -2.1574, -79.8836
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,790 m / 9,154 ft
- Passengers: 3,747,000 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Guayaquil
- Website: http://www.tagsa.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_de_Olmedo_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422154
- Weather station: SEGU · WMO 84203
- Ident: SEGU

## Timeline

- 1962: José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,790 m / 9,154 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 6,015,347 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 3,801,691 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 3,880,976 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,974,705 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,665,734 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,749,467 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 3,622,467 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,852,436 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,970,573 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,389,328 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,261,000 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 3,747,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

17 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (17)

- [CUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/secu.md) Mariscal Lamar Airport · Ecuador · 129 km / 80 mi · LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Ecuador · 283 km / 176 mi · Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 994 km / 618 mi · Avianca Ecuador, Avianca
- [MDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skrg.md) Jose Maria Córdova International Airport · Colombia · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Avianca Ecuador
- [SCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sest.md) San Cristóbal Airport · Ecuador · 1,091 km / 678 mi · Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 1,139 km / 708 mi · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [GPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segs.md) Seymour Galapagos Ecological Airport · Ecuador · 1,170 km / 727 mi · Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 1,250 km / 777 mi · Copa Airlines
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 1,434 km / 891 mi · Avianca Costa Rica
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 2,627 km / 1,632 mi · Arajet
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 3,109 km / 1,932 mi · Avianca Ecuador, American Airlines
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 3,139 km / 1,950 mi · JetBlue Airways
- [SCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scel.md) Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport · Chile · 3,600 km / 2,237 mi · LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [EZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saez.md) Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · Argentina · 4,251 km / 2,641 mi · Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 4,799 km / 2,982 mi · JetBlue Airways, Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 9,014 km / 5,601 mi · Iberia, Air Europa
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 9,834 km / 6,111 mi · KLM

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (13)

- 2K [Avianca Ecuador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-ecuador) · 8
- XL [LATAM Airlines Ecuador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-ecuador) · 8
- LR [Avianca Costa Rica](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-costa-rica) · 2
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 2
- UX [Air Europa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-europa) · 1
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1
- DM [Arajet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arajet) · 1
- AV [Avianca](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca) · 1
- CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 1
- [JetSmart Perú](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetsmart-peru) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.7M (2022) | #404 of 3,974 | #23 in South America | #2 in EC |
| Longest runway | 2,790 m / 9,154 ft | =1,688 of 29,858 | =87 in South America | #5 in EC |
| Elevation | 6 m / 19 ft | =41,533 of 43,403 | =8,670 in South America | #280 in EC |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | #78 in South America | #1 in EC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =3 in EC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACE | Aero Club del Ecuador (Internal Freq) | 123.450 |
| APP | GUAYAQUIL APP | 119.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 115.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 126.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 1002.400 |
| TWR | GUAYAQUIL TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sesa.md) General Ulpiano Paez International Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [CUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/secu.md) Mariscal Lamar Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [PVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sepv.md) Reales Tamarindos Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [ETR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sero.md) Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=José_Joaquín_de_Olmedo_International_Airport&oldid=1371353264), revision of 26 Aug 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/segu/data