Cheddi Jagan International Airport — Georgetown, Guyana

Cheddi Jagan International Airport, registered under the code GEO, honors Guyana's first executive president and sits at Timehri, a site along the Demerara River some distance south of the capital, Georgetown, which it primarily serves. The airport has taken on rapidly growing significance as Guyana's offshore oil discoveries transformed a once-quiet South American economy into a hub of intense international interest. GEO's traffic has climbed accordingly, with airlines adding capacity to accommodate oil-industry workers, investors, and executives alongside the country's traditional passenger base of diaspora Guyanese returning from North America and the Caribbean. Georgetown itself retains a distinct Caribbean character despite sitting on the South American mainland, a legacy of British colonial rule and the country's cultural ties to the wider Caribbean community. Terminal expansion projects have been undertaken to keep pace with the sudden surge in demand.