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Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is a state on the northern coast of South America. Guyana is bordered to the east by Suriname , to the south and southwest by Brazil , to the west by Venezuela , and to the north by the Atlantic Ocean .
Cheddi Jagan International Airport (IATA: GEO, ICAO: SYCJ), formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary international airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri , 41 kilometres (25 mi) south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown .
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]
With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
Regular shipments of beef from the Rupununi to Georgetown by air began on 9 July 1948. Amphibian aircraft have been vital to the development of the country as they are able land both on airstrips and on water. The development of air transport in Guyana owes much to Arthur "Art" James Williams, a pilot and mechanic from the United States. He ...
Port Kaituma Airport (IATA: PKM, ICAO: SYPK) is an airport serving the village of Port Kaituma, in the Barima-Waini Region of Guyana.. Port Kaituma Airport made headlines on 18 November 1978 when US Congressman Leo Ryan and his team boarded a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter with registration 8R-GEJ.
Paramakatoi Airport (IATA: PMT, ICAO: SYPM) is an airport serving the village of Paramakatoi, in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. As of 2020, Trans Guyana Airways offers weekly flights from Eugene F. Correia International Airport to Paramakatoi.
Current events; Random article ... Location in Guyana. Runways; Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 800 2,625 Gravel Sources: Bing Maps [1] GCM [2] Orinduik Airport ...