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José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport

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José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo; IATA: GYE, ICAO: SEGU) is an airport serving Guayaquil, a city in the province of Guayas in Ecuador. The airport was named after José Joaquín de Olmedo, a notable Ecuadorian poet, first mayor of the city of Guayaquil and former president of Ecuador. It was changed from Simón Bolívar International Airport, which is currently the name on the airports in Caracas, Venezuela, and Santa Marta, Colombia.

The airport is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Guayaquil's centre, on the Avenida de las Américas, and has a runway with a length of 2,790 metres (9,154 ft), an elevation of 5 metres (16 ft), and can accommodate Boeing 747s, MD-11s and Airbus A340-600 aircraft.

The airport resides at an elevation of 19 feet (6 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,790 by 46 metres (9,154 by 151 ft).

It is the second busiest airport in Ecuador.
 

  Airport Name   José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
  ICAO   SEGU
  IATA   GYE
  City served   Guayaquil
  Category   International

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