Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

For the airport serving Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, see Foz do Iguaçu International Airport.

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Iguazú
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesPuerto Iguazú, Argentina
Elevation AMSL916 ft / 279 m
Coordinates25°44′10″S 54°28′25″W / 25.73611°S 54.47361°W / -25.73611; -54.47361
Websitewww.aa2000.com.ar/iguazu
Map
IGR is located in Argentina
IGR
IGR
Location of airport in Argentina
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers401,000
Sources: AIP[1] ORSNA[2] WAD[3] GCM[4][5]

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) (IATA: IGR, ICAO: SARI), also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport,[1][3] is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina, serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and providing access to the nearby Iguazú Falls (Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú). It is the easternmost Argentine airport served by scheduled flights. The airport covers an area of 1,804 ha (4,460 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.[1][2]

The airport is in forested countryside 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Puerto Iguazú, and 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of the falls.

Airlines and destinations

Baggage claim area
Last waiting gates at the airport
Airside of the airport
AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Rosario, Salta, San Salvador de Jujuy, Tucumán
Seasonal: Resistencia[6]
Flybondi Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
JetSmart Argentina Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year - official ACI statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2005 489,100 Increase10.74% 5,779 Increase 8.28% 173 Decrease10.82%
2006 490,083 Increase 0.20% 5,913 Increase 2.32% 198 Increase14.45%
2007 569,497 Increase16.20% 6,005 Increase 1.56% 234 Increase18.18%
2008 606,876 Increase 6.56% 6,637 Increase10.52% 314 Increase34.19%
2009 568,764 Decrease 6.28% 6,275 Decrease 5.45% 226 Decrease28.03%
2010 620,755 Increase 9.14% 6,788 Increase 8.18% 200 Decrease11.50%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005–2010)
Traffic by calendar year - official EANA statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2015 861,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2016 890,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2017 999,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2018 1,089,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2019 1,566,035 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2020 355,000 Decrease _ Increase _ Increase
2021 401,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
EANA [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "SARI – CATARATAS DEL IGUAZÚ / Mayor D. Carlos Eduardo Krause" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Aeropuerto de Misiones "Cataratas del Iguazu" Archived 27 November 2012 at archive.today at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b "Airport information for SARI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ Airport information for Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  5. ^ "$24 millones de inversión para nueva torre de control en Puerto Iguazú". 3 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Vuelos entre Resistencia y Puerto Iguazú: nueva ruta de Aerolíneas Argentinas". Aviacionline. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Operations data" (PDF). EANA. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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