AirportsHuehuetenango Airport is a small airport serving Huehuetenango, in Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HUG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HUG
- ICAO code
- MGHT
- City
- Huehuetenango
- State or region
- Huehuetenango Department
- Country
- Guatemala
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 15.3167° N, 91.5056° W
- Elevation
- 1,870 m (6,135 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HUG means Huehuetenango Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: MGHT. ICAO codes that begin with M belong to Mexico and Central America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 15.3167° N, 91.5056° W. It stands 1,870 metres (6,135 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Totonicapán, about 48 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guatemala, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quezaltenango AirportQuezaltenango | AAZ | 50 km |
| Retalhuleu AirportRetalhuleu | RER | 91 km |
| Tapachula International AirportTapachula, Mexico | TAP | 109 km |
| La Aurora International AirportGuatemala City | GUA | 133 km |
| Angel Albino Corzo International AirportTuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico | TGZ | 213 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,985 km | 18 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,825 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,251 km | 17 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,753 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,296 km | 4 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,399 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,497 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,198 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,452 km | 16 h 40 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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