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Toncontín Airport

Tegucigalpa, HondurasIATA: TGUICAO: MHTG
Current airport: TGU

Arrivals

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The runways at this airport

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  • No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
  • Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
  • Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
  • Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.

The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.

Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.

1 runway · Longest runway: 6,112 ft

  • 02/206,112 ft · heading 19/199 degrees

We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.

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Airport facts

Practical information

Full name
Toncontín Airport
City and country
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
IATA / ICAO
TGU / MHTG
Time zone
America/Tegucigalpa
Category
Regional airport

Toncontín: the legendary mountain airport of Tegucigalpa

Toncontín Airport (IATA TGU, ICAO MHTG) lies in the south of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, just six kilometers from the center, hemmed in by hills at an altitude of about 1,000 meters. For decades it was famous, and feared, for one of the most difficult approaches of any commercial airport in the world: a steep turn between the mountains onto a short runway. Since the opening of Palmerola International Airport at Comayagua in 2021, the international flights have moved there, and Toncontín handles the domestic network. The radar on this page shows what our data sources report around Tegucigalpa; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it.

Airlines and destinations

The remaining scheduled traffic is domestic: the Honduran carriers, CM Airlines and Aerolíneas Sosa among them, fly small turboprops to San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Roatán and the Bay Islands, and to the smaller towns of the interior; schedules change often and the aircraft are small. International services, including those of American Airlines, United, Avianca, Copa and Aeroméxico, now use Palmerola. Toncontín lies far outside the reach of our receivers, so the live radar here depends on other data sources and may show little.

Getting into Tegucigalpa

The airport is close to the city, and taxis take fifteen to twenty-five minutes to the hotel districts of Colonia Palmira and the center; agree the fare before you get in, or ask your hotel to send a car, which most do. Ride-hailing apps work in the city. For Palmerola, the international airport, allow an hour to an hour and a half by road on the highway to Comayagua; shuttles and taxis connect the two.

Good to know

The terminal is a single older building where check-in, security and the gate are a few steps apart, so an hour before departure is usually enough; domestic flights are small and sometimes leave early when full. Security in Tegucigalpa requires care: use hotel transport or registered taxis, especially after dark, and read your government's travel advice. For international flights the airport is now Palmerola at Comayagua; San Pedro Sula is the busiest airport in the country and Roatán the gateway to the Bay Islands. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.