San Marcos Airport (Guatemala)

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San Marcos Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves San Marcos, Guatemala
Elevation  AMSL 7,933 ft / 2,418 m
Coordinates 14°57′20″N91°48′25″W / 14.95556°N 91.80694°W / 14.95556; -91.80694 Coordinates: 14°57′20″N91°48′25″W / 14.95556°N 91.80694°W / 14.95556; -91.80694
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Location in Guatemala
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Direction LengthSurface
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06/241,1753,855Asphalt
Source: Google Maps [1] GCM [2] SkyVector [3]

San Marcos Airport( ICAO : MGSM) is a high elevation airport serving the city of San Marcos, the capital of San Marcos Department in Guatemala. [4] [5] The airport is on the southwest side of the city.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

San Marcos, Guatemala Place in San Marcos, Guatemala

San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet is a city and municipality in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of San Marcos. The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.

San Marcos Department Department in San Marcos, Guatemala

San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.

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San Marcos is in a high mountain basin. There is nearby mountainous terrain north and south of the airport, and distant mountainous terrain to the east and west.

The Tapachula VOR-DME (Ident: TAP) is located 34.5 nautical miles (63.9 km) west-southwest of the airport. [6]

See also

Transport in Guatemala

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References

  1. "San Marcos Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. Airport information for San Marcos at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "San Marcos Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "San Marcos Airport/Flight Tracker". FlightAware. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. "San Marcos Airport". airportguide.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. "Tapachula VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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