AirportsJosé Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport is a large airport serving Guayaquil, in Guayas Province, Ecuador. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GYE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GYE
- ICAO code
- SEGU
- City
- Guayaquil
- State or region
- Guayas Province
- Country
- Ecuador
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 2.1574° S, 79.8836° W
- Elevation
- 6 m (19 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,790 m (9,154 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GYE means José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SEGU. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 2.1574° S, 79.8836° W. It stands 6 metres (19 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guayaquil, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,790 metres (9,154 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 15 airports of Ecuador on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,790 m 9,154 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| General Ulpiano Paez International AirportSalinas/La Libertad | SNC | 123 km |
| Mariscal Lamar AirportCuenca | CUE | 129 km |
| Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International AirportSanta Rosa | ETR | 143 km |
| Eloy Alfaro International AirportManta | MEC | 161 km |
| Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International AirportTumbes, Peru | TBP | 165 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,198 km | 20 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,503 km | 20 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,583 km | 18 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,467 km | 11 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,799 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,685 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,575 km | 24 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,496 km | 18 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,343 km | 16 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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