Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport

I've been to 73 countries, this is hands down the worst airport I've ever been to. No free WiFi, no AC at departure gates (upper) floor. Ground floor has a bunch of expensive cafes (e.g. 10 USD for quesadilla, 3 USD for a bag of chips) and some offer Wi-Fi and good AC. Instead of overpaying for food and WiFi, I exchanged my remaining cordobas back to USD even at an unfavorable rate. There are fruit flies everywhere. On both floors there are a bunch of overpriced souvenir shops that sell the same items. The only normal place is Subway sandwich. Upper gate floor has a VIP lounge, 2 cafes and 3 restaurants. There is no display of flight and gates info, I don't even know what my gate number is (but there are only 6 gates). Announcements are only in Spanish! Only good thing was going through security and customs was a breeze. I didn't even fill in and submit the exit form. You can keep your water too. Safety is not an issue, people are ok here. If you don't rent a car, Nicaragua does not have Uber, you need to use Aventon or inDrive app, or get ripped from taxis here that don't use meters. Good luck navigating this dump. I'm getting heatstroke here everyday and I'm outta here!

This airport is NOT equipped to handle international flights. There was more than an hour of waiting time at passport control upon arrival. The facilities are poorly maintained, and a SERIOUS refurbishment is needed to make the overall experience more efficient. The arrival form that must be completed is a heavy burden for the customs officers, as it takes at least five minutes per passenger. An alternative solution must be found! For example, allowing passengers to complete the form online, which would massively improve the arrival process.

Was not allowed to bring ground coffee over 340g per bag as a carryon and not even allowed to split into smaller bags either at the security check (2 bags of ground coffee, 400g each, were thrown away). No wifi at the airport, and the waiting time at the immigration on arrival was more than an hour. Very bad experiences.

Taxi price: to the city center: normally ~200 Cordovas is the app price, paying 250/300 should be a real good offer for a taxi (they normally want 20$ ~740 Cordovas from you, typical tourist scam)

Rating is purely for Customs. The airport is fine, but the customs set up makes it impossible to reclaim confiscated items if you are flying back out outside of their opening hours (8am -4pm) feels like a scam if I'm honest.

Nice small airport, all the people is very nice. Besides there is a big parking lot and some restaurants available. You can also find a taxes free store

The AC stopped working 11 months ago according to the staff. There are no fans, but some of the stores put standing fans inside. There’s no water fountains either. The lines usually move decently fast, but there is an extra exit customs and form that needs to be filled out/checked before going thru security. When you are about to go thru, there may be a lot of people or crowd standing outside whom are not waiting, but just standing in the way, so look for the entrance and excuse yourself thru

Worst Airport I have ever been to. How can you name yourself international and don’t offer WiFi? Why do I have to discuss with the immigration whether I can pay the tourist fee by card, if there is no ATM there.