Where is GEO airport?

GEO is a large airport in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, at 6.4986, -58.2541, 29 m above sea level.

Which other airports serve Georgetown?

Georgetown has 2 airports: GEO, OGL.

What time zone is GEO in?

GEO is in the America/Guyana time zone, UTC−4.

How many passengers use GEO?

657,433 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.

Cheddi Jagan International Airport opened in 1945.

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Large airport in Georgetown, Guyana.

IATA code: GEO
ICAO code: SYCJ
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 657,433; 2019 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes: 5; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−4; America/Guyana
Elevation: 29 m; 95 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 3,360 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with G

About GEO

Cheddi Jagan International Airport is a large airport serving Georgetown, Guyana. It opened in 1945. 657,433 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 5 nonstop routes from GEO.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from GEO

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
GEO → JFK	New York, United States	4,086 km	357,566
GEO → MIA	Miami, United States	3,169 km	103,592
GEO → IAH	Houston, United States	4,669 km	35,809
GEO → SJU	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1,566 km	452
GEO → FLL	Fort Lauderdale, United States	3,178 km	174

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at GEO on flights to and from the US

AA American Airlines · 1,331 flights
B6 JetBlue Airways · 1,048 flights
BW Caribbean Airlines · 719 flights
UA United Air Lines · 415 flights
PY Surinam Airways · 26 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Other airports in Georgetown

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
OGL	Eugene F. Correia International Airport	Georgetown	38 km

All Georgetown airports and the distances between them →

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
AGI	Wageningen Airstrip	Wageningen, Suriname	189 km
KAI	Kaieteur Airport	Kaieteur National Park, Guyana	201 km
EAX	Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport	Kwatta, Suriname	346 km
ORG	Zorg en Hoop Airport	Paramaribo, Suriname	347 km
PBM	Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport	Paramaribo, Suriname	358 km

Distance from GEO to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
GEO → LHR	London, United Kingdom	7,254 km	—
GEO → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,042 km	—
GEO → CDG	Paris, France	7,361 km	—
GEO → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	7,810 km	—
GEO → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	9,287 km	—
GEO → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7,624 km	—
GEO → JFK	New York, United States	4,086 km	357,566
GEO → ATL	Atlanta, United States	4,039 km	—
GEO → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	6,868 km	—
GEO → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	17,877 km	—
GEO → HND	Tokyo, Japan	14,985 km	—
GEO → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,676 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
06/24	3,360 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
11/29	1,525 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana · 6.4986, -58.2541

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Cheddi Jagan International Airport has the IATA code GEO and the ICAO code SYCJ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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