Eugene F. Correia International Airport is located on the
Atlantic Ocean
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coast of
Guyana, east of the capital,
Georgetown, in the
Demerara-Mahaica region.
In 2013,
LIAT began scheduled passenger airline flights between the airport and
Barbados
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, 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.
OGL received its
port-of-entry certification in 2009. It has a Class 1A, -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). The airport is capable of handling smaller business jets as well as regional turboprop airliners, such as the
Beechcraft 1900D flown by
Trans Guyana Airways as well as the
ATR-72-600 operated by
Caribbean Airlines
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.
Airlines and destinations
Other facilities
The airline
Fly Jamaica Airways formerly maintained its Guyana ticket office in the Wings Aviation hangar in the airport,
Contact Us
." Fly Jamaica Airways. Retrieved on March 22, 2015. "Ticket Office Wings Aviation Hangar Ogle International Airport Ogle, ECD, Guyana South America" although Fly Jamaica Airways served Georgetown via Cheddi Jagan International Airport, located south of the city. Fly Jamaica is no longer in business.
Omni Aviation operates Sikorsky S-92 helicopters from the airport in support of offshore oil and gas exploration activities.
See also
* List of airports in Guyana
* Transport in Guyana
References
External links
OpenStreetMaps - Ogle
Airports in Guyana
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