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Hello All, The webcam with view to the south of Guatemala City is live again! Every minute a new picture will be uploaded to Guatemala Skies. The camera has a new location. Special thanks to MJ, who allows the camera … Continue reading →

The hold short line is something all pilots are familiar with. Something we also vaguely remember for the ground school class with all other airport markings. In Guatemala we only get to see a subset of airport markings and the … Continue reading →

A new video was added to the Guatemala Skies Video Gallery. This video was taken in Iztapa and shows a Cessna 172 XP take-off from that private grass strip at close to full weight.

In an article on engine failure after takeoff at MGGT, theoretic calculations from the Cessna 172 POH were used. This numbers change with every airplane and pilot, so I decided to actually verify some the performance numbers, starting with how … Continue reading →

Iztapa is a popular destination for members of the Aeroclub. On week-ends you will have the runway on your own most of the times and on normal week-ends you might find one other pilot in the pattern. Iztapa is usually … Continue reading →

These days visibility has not been great, so I made sure to revisit key points here in Guatemala. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) at the La Aurora Airport require a cloud ceiling of at least 1,500 ft and visibility of at … Continue reading →

Not long ago on a flight from Iztapa to La Aurora there was another plane flying the exact same route and altitude. Not being sure if the plane was faster (it took off from Iztapa a couple of minutes later), … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to the post about Chinaja checkpoint, here is list of checkpoints that Guatemala air traffic controllers commonly refer to.

You didn’t know where Chinaja is located? You wonder why this should interest you? Sierra Chinaja is located in the north of Alta Verapaz very close to the border of the Peten region. I had never heard of Chinaja before … Continue reading →

This new webcam was created for Guatemala Skies exclusively. The camera points to the south, including both routes to the Pacific (Canyon de Palin & Echo de Pacaya). The picture will update every 5 minutes. Hopefully this webcam will proof … Continue reading →