Artigas Airport

Artigas International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesArtigas, Uruguay
Elevation AMSL410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates30°24′03″S 56°30′30″W / 30.40083°S 56.50833°W / -30.40083; -56.50833
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ATI is located in Uruguay
ATI
ATI
Location in Uruguay
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,278 4,193 Asphalt
05/23 582 1,909 Grass
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]
Artigas International Airport is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay.
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Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Department of Uruguay. The airport is 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1 km) off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nautical miles (109 km) west of the airport.[4][5]

Accidents and incidents

  • 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.[6] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Artigas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Artigas Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Artigas Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Monte Caseros VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Artigas NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Accident description CX-BJH/T511". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.