Montevideo airport
| Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | SUMU | ||
| IATA code | MVD | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 32 m (105 ft ) | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | 1947 | ||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Passengers | 1,102,299 (2006) | ||
| Air freight | 24,459 t (2006) | ||
| Flight movements |
19,457 (2006) | ||
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
3 million / year | ||
| Runways | |||
| 01/19 | 2250 m × 45 m | ||
| 06/24 | 3200 m × 45 m | ||
| 10/28 (closed) |
1700 m × 45 m concrete | ||
The Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco ( IATA : MVD ; ICAO : SUMU ) is the international airport near Montevideo , the capital of Uruguay . It is the largest and most important airport in the country and served as the home base of PLUNA .
It was built in 1947 and is located in the Canelones department in the town of the same name a few kilometers east of Montevideo . The new terminal designed by Rafael Viñoly was inaugurated on October 5th, 2009 . It has four passenger boarding bridges and, according to information from the Barrisol company involved in the construction, can handle up to four and a half million passengers a year. The actual number of passengers, on the other hand, has fluctuated around the million mark in each of the past years. In an airport ranking by the US travel portal frommer's in January 2012, Montevideo Airport found a place in the TOP 10 best airports in the world. There he finished ninth.
Airlines and Destinations
Montevideo is connected to numerous destinations within South America , including Buenos Aires , Panama City and Lima . American Airlines has flights to Miami . By Iberia Airport (as of 2012) was the only European to destination, the Spanish capital Madrid , tethered. On November 26, 2012, Iberia announced that it would initially partially cancel the direct flight connection at the beginning of 2013, despite 86% utilization of the route, and then completely discontinue it from April 2013. In the meantime, there was a direct connection from Air Europa between Madrid and Montevideo, initially offered three times a week . At the beginning of November 2013 it was announced that this connection would be extended to five flights per week due to the good utilization of over 75 percent. Since March 8, 2014 Air France has also offered a daily flight connection between Montevideo and Paris . Iberia announced in April 2014 that it would restart the Montevideo - Madrid connection four times a week from September 2014.
statistics
| Movements | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 1,236,415 | 1,168,199 | 1,102,299 | 1,061,337 | 996.106 | 834,515 | 835.203 | 948.745 | 1,012,219 |
| Freight (tons) | 24,700 | 24,633 | 24,712 | 26,149 | 25,445 | 23.097 | 20,237 | 25,929 | 20,644 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Carrasco Airport of Montevideo - Uruguay , accessed on February 11, 2012
- ^ Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay , accessed on February 11, 2012
- ↑ Airport ranking based on expert check , accessed on February 11, 2012
- ↑ New York's JFK ranked the worst airport in the world over 'immigration lines, thanks to basement, and vomiting travelers' (English) at www.dailymail.co.uk, accessed on February 11, 2012
- ↑ Iberia cancela vuelos directos - Rema, rema (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of November 26, 2012, accessed on November 26, 2012
- ↑ Air Europa aumentará frecuencias de vuelos Madrid- Montevideo ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.puntanews.com.uy, accessed November 2, 2013
- ↑ Air France tendrá un vuelo diario a París ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País on February 28, 2014, accessed on March 26, 2014
- ↑ Quiero creer que estás volviendo (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of April 24, 2014, accessed on April 25, 2014
