Artigas Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | SUAG |
IATA code | ATI |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 125 m (410 ft )
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Runways | |
11/29 | 1273 m × 30 m asphalt |
05/23 | 583 m of grass |
The Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas ( IATA airport code : ATI - ICAO airport code: SUAG) is an airport in Uruguay .
It lies west of the city of Artigas in the department of Artigas in the north of Uruguay near the border with Brazil .
Incidents
On February 10, 1978, the worst aviation accident in the history of Uruguay occurred at the airport when a TAMU aircraft of the type Douglas DC-3 / C-47A ( aircraft registration number ) with 44 people (6 crew members, 38 passengers) CX-BJH ) with the destination Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off two kilometers from the airport and went up in flames. There were no survivors of the accident.
See also
Web links
- Entry on www.airgorilla.com
- Image of the airport from the following post in the forum http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=540292
Individual evidence
- ^ Artigas (Aeropuerto) - Accidentes e incidentes (Spanish), accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report DC-3 CX-BJH in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 13, 2017.