Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesRío Gallegos, Argentina
Elevation AMSL66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60889°S 69.31250°W / -51.60889; -69.31250
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RGL is located in Argentina
RGL
RGL
Location of the airport in Argentina
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,550 11,647 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers236,792
Passenger change 09–10Decrease3.2%
Aircraft movements3,395[1]
Movements change 09–10Decrease14.3%
Sources: WAD[2] GCM[3] AIP[4]

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.

The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. The runway is the longest in Argentina.[5]

During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a polar route passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with Boeing 747-200 wide body jetliners.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew
LADE Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Río Grande, Ushuaia
LATAM ChilePunta Arenas, Stanley–Mount Pleasant


See also

References

  1. ^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
  2. ^ "Airport information for Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
  3. ^ Airport information for Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "SAWG – RIO GALLEGOS / Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Airports with the longest runways in Argentina". Bigorre.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ar/ar89/ar8901-2.jpg [bare URL image file]


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