AviatDataKaieteur International Airport KAI / SYKA
Kaieteur Falls, Potaro-Siparuni · Guyana · Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
7kpax · 2023
Limited hours
ICAO / IATASYKA / KAI
OperatorGuyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
Coordinates5.1773°N, 59.4890°W
Elevation1,520 ft · 463 m
Time zoneGYT (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr7,000 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceSYKA — AIP Guyana / GCAA
Operating hoursDaylight VFR operations only, no ATC/radar service on site; runway is lighted but no scheduled night flights operate given surrounding gorge/waterfall terrain. Air Services Limited runs scheduled tourist flights Sat/Sun (check-in 11:30, ops 13:00-17:00); Trans Guyana Airways adds charters most days of the week, weather permitting. Airstrip sits inside Kaieteur National Park, so all landings are coordinated with park rangers/GCAA; PPR effectively required for non-scheduled charter operators.
TerminalsNo conventional passenger terminal — a small open-sided shelter/park-ranger checkpoint at the Kaieteur National Park entrance handles arriving tour groups; no check-in, baggage, or on-site refuelling facilities (aircraft carry return fuel from Ogle/Georgetown).
Runways (1)
- 07/25 · 615 m / 2,018 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Domestic tourist airstrip (not a customs/immigration port of entry) serving Kaieteur Falls National Park; flown almost exclusively by Air Services Limited and Trans Guyana Airways on day-trip flightseeing routes from Ogle/Georgetown using small STOL aircraft (Islander/Twin Otter class). No official GCAA/tourism-board passenger count is published for this strip specifically — the pax figure above is an estimate derived from published Kaieteur National Park visitor-arrival ranges (roughly 3,000-8,000/yr), virtually all of whom arrive by air.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Trans Guyana Airways
Self-handled, Trans Guyana Airways. Operates its own day-trip flights between Georgetown-Ogle (OGL) and Kaieteur (KAI) most days of the week, weather permitting (per Wikipedia's KAI destinations table and operator site transguyana.net), using Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft, and handles its own passengers for the walk to the falls and return flight; no third-party ground handler is documented at this remote national-park airstrip.
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Air Services Limited (ASL)
Self-handled, Air Services Limited. Operates its own scheduled Kaieteur Falls day-trip flights from Georgetown-Ogle every Saturday and Sunday (confirmed directly on aslgy.com/tours/kaieteur: check-in 11:30, depart 13:00, return arrival 17:00; also bookable as a private charter on other dates), handling its own passengers on arrival/departure at the airstrip; no separate ground handler present.
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Roraima Airways
Self-handled, Roraima Airways. Operates its own scheduled/charter day-trip flights (Georgetown-Ogle and Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan to Kaieteur per Wikipedia's KAI route listing), corroborated by active 2026 bookings and traveler reviews, and handles its own passengers at the airstrip; no third-party ground handler documented.
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Aircraft fuel
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De-icing
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Part-145 line maintenance
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Part-145 base maintenance
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Component shops & overhaul
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Flight catering
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Aircraft cleaning
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Ground support equipment
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Cargo handling
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