GEO

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

ICAO SYCJ6.4985°N 58.2541°W29 m / 95 ftLarge airport
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Cheddi Jagan International Airport (IATA: GEO, ICAO: SYCJ) is a large airport in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. It opened in 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,360 m (11,023 ft). In 2019 it handled 657 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1945–2011
1945
OpenedCheddi Jagan International Airport opens.
30 JUL 2011
DisasterCaribbean Airlines Flight 523.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH3,360 m11,023 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH1,525 m5,002 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

16 destinations · 14 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miPBM · Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport · 358 km / 222 miPOS · Piarco International Airport · 568 km / 353 miBGI · Grantley Adams International Airport · 744 km / 462 miUVF · Hewanorra International Airport · 857 km / 533 miANU · V. C. Bird International Airport · 1,244 km / 773 miSXM · Princess Juliana International Airport · 1,387 km / 862 miBOG · El Dorado International Airport · 1,770 km / 1,100 miSDQ · Las Américas International Airport · 1,814 km / 1,127 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 2,345 km / 1,457 miHAV · José Martí International Airport · 3,170 km / 1,970 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 3,174 km / 1,972 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 4,098 km / 2,546 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 4,630 km / 2,877 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 4,671 km / 2,902 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 7,262 km / 4,512 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,626 km / 4,739 miAMSIAHYYZJFKMIAPTYSDQBOGSXMUVFPBMLGWHAVPOSANUBGIGEO
Year-round16
PBMJohan Adolf Pengel International AirportSuriname · Surinam Airways, Fly All Ways358 km222 miPOSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · Caribbean Airlines568 km353 miBGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Surinam Airways, InterCaribbean Airways744 km462 miUVFHewanorra International AirportSt. Lucia · British Airways857 km533 miANUV. C. Bird International AirportAntigua & Barbuda · Liat Air1,244 km773 miSXMPrincess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten · KLM1,387 km862 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca1,770 km1,100 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Sky High Aviation Services1,814 km1,127 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines2,345 km1,457 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Fly All Ways, Sky High Aviation Services3,170 km1,970 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Surinam Airways, American Airlines3,174 km1,972 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Caribbean Airlines, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines4,098 km2,546 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Caribbean Airlines4,630 km2,877 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,671 km2,902 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways7,262 km4,512 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM7,626 km4,739 mi
Most destinationsSurinam Airways 3Caribbean Airlines 3British Airways 3Fly All Ways 2KLM 2Sky High Aviation Services 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GEO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Cheddi Jagan International Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers657K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#993of 3,974 · #79 South AmericaLongest runway3,360 m11,023 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=643of 29,823 · #24 South America · #1 GYElevation29 m95 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,042of 43,341 · =8,150 South America · #39 GYAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =36 South AmericaRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =21 South America · #1 GY
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

3 channels
APPTIMEHRI APP119.400
GNDGND121.700
TWRTIMEHRI TWR118.300