Airports / Paraguay / ASU
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
SGAS / ASUAsunción, ParaguayELEV 292 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
63 nm
To the nearest alternate
Aeropuerto Nacional de Coronel Oviedo (PY-0002).
Overview
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (SGAS / ASU) is a large commercial airport serving Asunción, Paraguay. The field lies at an elevation of 292 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
ASU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Aeropuerto Nacional de Coronel Oviedo (PY-0002, 63 nm), Formosa National Airport (FMA, 70 nm), and Aeródromo Don Carlos Miguel Gimenez (PIL, 108 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ASU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Luque and Stroessner. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ASU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SGAS
IATA
ASU
FAA / Local
SGAS
Elevation
292 ft
Coordinates
25.2402° S · 57.5192° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Paraguay fields
state range 223–1,873 ft
At 292 ft, ASU sits lower than 64% of the 14 Paraguay fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 63nmPY-0002Aeropuerto Nacional de Coronel OviedoCoronel Oviedo
- 70nmFMAFormosa National AirportFormosa
- 108nmPILAeródromo Don Carlos Miguel GimenezPilar
- 108nmCIOLieutenant Colonel Carmelo Peralta National AirportConcepción
- 133nmAYOAeropuerto Nacional Juan de AyolasAyolas
- 146nmAGTGuaraní International AirportCiudad del Este
Location
Open the full mapSGAS · Silvio Pettirossi International Airport · Asunción, Paraguay