Silvio Pettirossi International Airport

ICAO SGAS25.2402°S 57.5192°W89 m / 292 ftLarge airport

Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (IATA: ASU, ICAO: SGAS) is a large airport in Asunción, Central Department, Paraguay. It opened on 28 Dec 1937. It has one runway, 3,352 m (10,997 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 885 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1937–1996

28 DEC 1937

OpenedSilvio Pettirossi International Airport opens.

04 FEB 1996

DisasterLAC Colombia Flight 028.4 killed

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Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

02/20010° / 190° · LIT

LENGTH3,352 m10,997 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

823K

869K

835K

911K

1.0M

1.2M

312K

434K

885K

111213141516171819202122

Routes

14 destinations · 8 countries

Year-round10

JUJGobernador Horacio Guzman International AirportArgentina · Paranair771 km479 mi SLAMartín Miguel de Güemes International AirportArgentina · Paranair804 km500 mi VVIViru Viru International AirportBolivia · Paranair, Boliviana de Aviación1,025 km637 mi AEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · Paranair1,040 km646 mi MVDCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportUruguay · Paranair1,077 km669 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,137 km706 mi GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,473 km915 mi BOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca3,783 km2,351 mi PTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines4,490 km2,790 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Europa9,190 km5,710 mi

Seasonal3

FLNHercílio Luz International AirportBrazil · Paranair, Gol Transportes Aéreos932 km579 mi PDPCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International AirportUruguay · Paranair1,094 km680 mi GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Paranair1,473 km915 mi

Cargo3

MVDCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportUruguay · Avianca Cargo1,077 km669 mi MDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · LATAM Cargo Brasil3,993 km2,481 mi MIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Avianca Cargo, LATAM Cargo Brasil6,179 km3,839 mi

Most destinationsParanair 8Gol Transportes Aéreos 3Avianca Cargo 2LATAM Cargo Brasil 2Boliviana de Aviación 1Avianca 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ASU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Silvio Pettirossi International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers885K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#877of 3,974 · #71 South America · #1 PY Longest runway3,352 m10,997 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=673of 29,823 · #25 South America · #3 PY Elevation89 m292 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,512of 43,341 · =7,221 South America · #28 PY AgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =17 South America · #1 PY Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =1 PY

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

6 channels

APPASUNCION APP119.700

GNDGND121.900

RDOASUNCION RDO126.900

RDOASUNCION RDO1002.400

TWRASUNCION TWR118.100

CTRASUNCION CONTROL128.400