Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
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| Guam International Airport Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: GUM – ICAO: PGUM – FAA: GUM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | A.B. Won Pat Guam Int'l Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Guam | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 297 ft / 91 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 6L/24R | 10,015 | 3,053 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 6R/24L | 10,014 | 3,052 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 36,948 | ||
| Based aircraft | 74 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM), also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the U.S. territory of Guam. It is named for Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Authority (GIAA), an agency of the Government of Guam.
The airport is a hub for Continental Micronesia and the cargo carrier Asia Pacific Airlines.
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[edit] History
The airport's history began as Agana Naval Air Station (Brewer Field) after World War II. Operations of the civilian terminal (Guam International Air Terminal) was passed onto the Government of Guam's Department of Commerce in 1969. In 1975, the Guam International Airport Authority (GIAA) was created as a separate agency. After Agana NAS was closed in April 1995, GIAA took over the entire airport's operations.
The first passenger terminal building (now the unused Commuter Terminal) was opened in 1982. The current, much larger terminal building was opened in phases between 1996 and 1998.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- All Nippon Airways (Osaka-Kansai)
- China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- Continental Airlines
- Continental Micronesia (Cairns, Chuuk, Denpasar/Bali, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Niigata, Okayama, Palau, Pohnpei, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Tokyo-Narita, Yap)
- Continental Connection operated by Cape Air (Rota, Saipan)
- Freedom Air (Rota, Saipan)
- Japan Airlines
- JALways (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
- Korean Air (Busan, Seoul-Incheon)
- Northwest Airlines (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
[edit] Accidents
Several fatal accidents have occurred on and near Guam over the years. In total, 367 deaths occurred from 6 different aircraft accidents. Most recently in 1997, when Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747, crashed as it was attempting to land on the airport.
For a comprehensive list of all accidents relating to Guam, visit the Aviation Safety Network database by linking to it from the external links section below.
[edit] References
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for GUM (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
- Lars Olausson, Lockheed Hercules Production List 1954-2007, self-published, Satenäs, Sweden, March 2006, no ISBN, page 50.
[edit] External links
- Guam International Airport (official site)
- Guide to Guam Airport
- Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport at WikiMapia
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
- Aviation Safety Network (Official Site)
- Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for PGUM at AirNav
- FlightAware: PGUM Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker
- Recent weather observations for PGUM at NOAA/NWSfr:Aéroport international Antonio-B.-Won-Pat de Guam
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