Eugene F. Correia International Airport

Eugene F. Correia International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorOgle Airport Inc.
ServesGeorgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Elevation AMSL10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates6°48′26″N 58°06′21″W / 6.80722°N 58.10583°W / 6.80722; -58.10583
Websiteogleairportguyana.com
Map
OGL is located in Guyana
OGL
OGL
Location of the airport in Guyana
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,280 4,200 Concrete
Source: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Eugene F. Correia International Airport (IATA: OGL, ICAO: SYEC) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Guyana, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the capital, Georgetown, in the Demerara-Mahaica region.

In 2013, LIAT began scheduled passenger airline flights between the airport and Barbados[citation needed], thus switching over its former air service into Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The airport was formerly known as Georgetown-Ogle International Airport and is the second international airport along with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to serve Georgetown and its vicinity.

History

In 2003, the airport was a local hub shuttling some 50,000 passengers and 1,800 tons of cargo annually. Construction began that year to expand the facility to an international airport, with upgraded facilities for immigration, customs, air traffic control, health and fire service. The lengthened and expanded runway is now in service, and a ceremony to formally open the new airport terminal was held in March 2007.[citation needed]

OGL received its port-of-entry certification in 2009. It has a Class 1A, 4,200 feet (1,300 m)-long runway made of concrete (07-25). The former runway 07R-25L is now being used as a taxiway only. It operates under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).[3] The airport is capable of handling smaller business jets, regional turboprop airliners, such as the Beechcraft 1900D flown by Trans Guyana Airways[4] as well as the ATR-72-600 operated by Caribbean Airlines.[5]

The airport was renamed Eugene Correia Airport in 2016 after Portuguese Guyanese legislator Eugene Correia.[6][7]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Caribbean Airlines Barbados, Paramaribo–Zanderij,[8] Port of Spain
Gum Air Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Trans Guyana Airways Kaieteur, Lethem, Paramaribo–Zanderij, Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

Other facilities

The airline Fly Jamaica Airways formerly maintained its Guyana ticket office in the Wings Aviation hangar at the airport,[9] although Fly Jamaica Airways served Georgetown via Cheddi Jagan International Airport, located south of the city. Fly Jamaica is no longer in business.

Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc., a subsidiary of Omni Helicopters International (OHI), operates Sikorsky S-92 helicopters from the airport in support of offshore oil and gas exploration activities.

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for OGL at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ Google Maps – Ogle
  3. ^ Ogle Airport, Inc.[permanent dead link‍] Retrieved on 5 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Home". transguyana.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Caribbean Airlines | Book flights, cheap tickets & low fares".
  6. ^ "Ogle Airport Renamed Eugene F. Correia International". NevisPages.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  7. ^ "The Portuguese presence". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Caribbean Airlines Adds Georgetown Ogle – Paramaribo Sector From Nov 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Contact Us Archived 11 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine." Fly Jamaica Airways. Retrieved on 22 March 2015. "Ticket Office Wings Aviation Hangar Ogle International Airport Ogle, ECD, Guyana South America"