# Kaieteur Airport (KAI / SYKA)

**Kaieteur Airport** (IATA: KAI, ICAO: SYKA) is a medium airport in Kaieteur Falls, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana. It has one runway, 615 m (2,018 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAI / SYKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kaieteur Falls, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana
- Elevation: 463 m / 1,520 ft
- Coordinates: 5.1773, -59.4890
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 615 m / 2,018 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Guyana
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaieteur_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6347639
- Weather station: SYKA · WMO 81080
- Ident: SYKA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 615 m / 2,018 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [GEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sycj.md) Cheddi Jagan International Airport · Guyana · 201 km / 125 mi · Roraima Airways
- [OGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sygo.md) Eugene F. Correia International Airport · Guyana · 237 km / 147 mi · Roraima Airways, Trans Guyana Airways

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- ROR [Roraima Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/roraima-airways) · 2

### Passenger (1)

- TGY [Trans Guyana Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trans-guyana-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 615 m / 2,018 ft | =24,177 of 29,858 | =5,082 in South America | #6 in GY |
| Elevation | 463 m / 1,520 ft | =11,842 of 43,403 | #2,485 in South America | #14 in GY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in GY |

## Nearby airports

- [MHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/symd.md) Mahdia Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [VEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/symk.md) Maikwak Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [KKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sykz.md) Konawaruk Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [PMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sypm.md) Paramakatoi Airport · 59 km / 36 mi
- [SYKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sykk.md) Kurukabaru Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [KTO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sykt.md) Kato Airport · 70 km / 43 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #13

## 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: “Kaieteur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaieteur_Airport&oldid=1363046854), revision of 7 Jul 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/syka/data