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Cheddi Jagan International Airport (IATA: GEO, ICAO: SYCJ) is located at 6°29′18″N, 58°15′57″W, 41 kilometres south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ...
The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...
A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...
Georgetown, estimated population 250,000 (1998), is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. ...
The airport has two runways - the first, which is 2,268 metres (7,440 feet) long, at heading 06/24, and the second at heading 10/28. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ...
The first airport facilities at the location was the Atkinson Aerodrome, established in 1941 and named after Major Eric Atkinson, the first commandant of the World War II-era air base. In 1945 the airport was made a commercial one. In 1965 and 1968 additions were made to the airport facilities. On the 1st May 1969 the Atkinson Aerodrome was renamed the Timehri International Airport - "Timehri" is a Carib word for rock motifs located deep in the Guyana hinterland that pre-dating the arrival of Europeans in the New World. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Eric St Eval Atkinson (6 November 1927 - 29 May 1998) played 8 tests for the West Indies. ...
Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
(Redirected from 1st May) May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...
Carib or Island Carib is the name of a people of the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea was named; their name for themselves was Kalinago for men and Kallipuna for women. ...
In March 1997, following the passing of President Dr. Cheddi Jagan, then-President Samuel Hinds decided to rename the airport the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The proposition to rename the airport was tabled in the Parliament (National Assembly) by the Honourable Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Vibert De Souza, who noted that it would be a fitting tribute to a man who had spent his life committed to the betterment of Amerindian people and fighting for the freedom and unity of all Guyanese. A plaque bearing the new name was unveiled on May 21st 1997 by the Honourable Prime Minister, Janet Jagan. 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cheddi Jagan, also known as Cheddi Berret Jagan (March 22, 1918 – March 6, 1997), was the chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana. ...
Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born December 27, 1943) is the Prime Minister of Guyana. ...
May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Janet Rosalie Jagan (née Rosenberg, 20 October 1920 in Chicago, Illinois) was President of Guyana from 1997-1999. ...
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