# Coban Airport (CBV)

> Coban, GT · IATA: CBV · ICAO: MGCB · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CBV` |
| ICAO | `MGCB` |
| City | Coban |
| Country | GT |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 1323 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 15.46900, -90.40670 |

## Description

Cobán is a farming region's airfield rather than a freight station, and the numbers make the point: Guatemala's civil aviation authority DGAC counted just 11,849 passengers at Cobán Airport (IATA CBV, ICAO MGCB) between January and September 2025, with no regular scheduled service. The field lies at roughly 1,320 metres in Alta Verapaz, the country's cardamom and coffee belt. Public works are under way to bring commercial flights back — a new terminal, runway rehabilitation and a perimeter wall — with construction targeted for completion by the end of 2026 and the terminal possibly only in the first quarter of 2027; carriers TAG and Mundo Maya Volando have signalled interest in serving the route to the capital. There is no cargo handling, no freight terminal and no customs post at the airport. Cardamom, coffee and other agricultural output travel roughly 210 km by road to Guatemala City and are exported through La Aurora (GUA), while containerised volumes go to the Caribbean ports of Puerto Barrios and Santo Tomás de Castilla. For forwarders, Cobán is a feeder point, not a cargo station in its own right.

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