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Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Teniente Ramon A. Ayub González) (IATA: ENO, ICAO: SGEN) is an international airport serving Encarnación, capital of the Itapúa Department of Paraguay. It is located around 14 km from the center of Encarnación, situated in the Capitan Miranda district.[1]

Lieutenant Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Teniente Ramon A. Ayub González
Runway view from the air
IATA: ENO ICAO: SGEN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Encarnación
Location	Capitán Miranda, Paraguay
Elevation AMSL	199 m / 653 ft
Coordinates	27.2270°S 55.8373°W / -27.2270; -55.8373
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,200 7,218 Asphalt

History

The airport belongs to the Municipality of Encarnación, and was constructed nearby the Yacyretá Dam.[2][3] Initially, projects were planned for flights to Asunción and Buenos Aires.[4]

2010s

The airport was habilitated in 2013.[5] On 4 January 2013, it was reported that the first commercial flight would arrive at Encarnación on 15 January from Resistencia, Argentina.[6] On 6 January 2013, ABC reports that the Intendent of Encarnación, Juan Smalko, informs of the habilitation of Encarnación's Airport to operate national and international flights.[3] The habilitation serves for small air planes, which can be private or public.[3] Juan Smalko informs that the airport operates flight during the day time but would soon be implementing a regular line of flights, with an Argentine airline.[3] On 15 January 2013, it is said that the route from Asunción to Encarnación will become the second domestic route to operate regularly in Paraguay, in addition to the Asunción-Ciudad del Este route which is operate by TAM Mercosur.[7]

On 19 January 2013, it is reported that the first international flight descends at Encarnación's Airport, arriving from Bahia, Brazil.[2] TAGUA operated to Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi Airport as of 10 November 2014.[8] On 12 January 2016 the airport was officially habilitated for night flights by DINAC, after a system of runway lights had been installed.[9][10]

2020s

In March 2020, ampliation of the airport was announced,[11] including to the landing runway to 500 metres.[12] The airport continued operation during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.[13] In December 2020, the president of the DINAC planned to realize investments to better the airport's infrastructure.[14] For 2020, it closed with a total of 1, 346 flights.[15]

Statistics

As of 2013, the airport had an average of two to three flights per day.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Normally this airport is served by Sol del Paraguay, an airline that flies almost daily flights to Asunción.[16] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the flights have been suspended for the time being.

See also

•  Paraguay portal
•  Aviation portal
• List of airports in Paraguay
• Transport in Paraguay

References

На других языках

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- [en] Teniente Amin Ayub Gonzalez Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Teniente Amín Ayub González

El Aeropuerto Internacional Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzaléz (código IATA: ENO, código OACI: SGEN), está situado en el distrito de Capitán Miranda y sirve a la ciudad de Encarnación. Está situada a 16 km del centro de Encarnación.

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