Awaruwaunau Airport

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Awaruwaunau Airport
Summary
Serves Awarewaunau
Elevation  AMSL 797 ft / 243 m
Coordinates 2°38′50″N59°11′40″W / 2.64722°N 59.19444°W / 2.64722; -59.19444
Map
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SYAW
Location in Guyana
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/275701,870Grass
Sources: Bing Maps [1] GCM [2]

Awaruwaunau Airport( ICAO : SYAW) is an airport serving the village of Awarewaunau, an Amerindian village [3] in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. The grass-surface runway is merely 570 meters long.

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References

  1. Bing - Awaruwaunau
  2. Airport information for SYAW at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Indigenous Villages | Ministry of Amerindian Affairs" . Retrieved 2021-02-13.