Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
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Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM) is an airport in Tamuning, Guam. It is a hub to Continental Micronesia. The airport is six miles northeast of Hagåtña, Guam.
Disasters
Tragedy came in 1997 when Korean Air Flight 801 crashed before it could land at GUM. Only 26 passengers survived.
On August 19, 2005 a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-200 lost its nose landing gear after touching down and skid on its nose towards the end of the runway. There were no fatalities and only 1 injury was reported.
Airlines
- All Nippon Airways (Osaka-Kansai)
- China Airlines (Taipei [Sundays and Wednesdays])
- Continental Airlines (Honolulu and Tokyo-Narita)
- Cape Air dba Continental Connection (Rota and Saipan)
- Continental Micronesia dba Continental Airlines (Cairns [seasonal], Denpasar Bali [seasonal], Fukuoka, Hiroshima [seasonal], Hong Kong, Honolulu, Koror, Manila, Nagoya, Nakashibetsu [September 20 and 24, 2005], Niigata, Okayama, Okinawa [seasonal], Sapporo, Sendai, Taipei, Tokyo-Narita, Truk, and Yap)
- Note: Some of the destinations above are served by Continental Micronesia only a few times a week.
- Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
- Northwest Airlines (Tokyo-Narita)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
