Mar del Plata Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Astor Piazzolla
Characteristics
ICAO code	SAZM
IATA code	MDQ
Coordinates	37 ° 56 ′ 3 ″  S , 57 ° 34 ′ 25 ″  W Coordinates: 37 ° 56 ′ 3 ″  S , 57 ° 34 ′ 25 ″  W
Height above MSL	22 m (72  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	7 km north of Mar del Plata , Argentina
Basic data
opening	1948
operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Terminals	1
Passengers	377,536 (2019)
Start-and runway
13/31	2200 m × 45 m asphalt

The Mar del Plata airport (officially Aeropuerto Internacional Astor Piazzolla) is an Argentine airport near the city of Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires province . The airport is named after the composer Astor Piazzolla from Mar del Plata .

history

In 1948 a military base was built in Mar del Plata, which was expanded into an airport in the following years. In 1978 the terminal was built in the course of the soccer World Cup in Argentina, and it was expanded again for the 1995 Pan-American Games . Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has operated the airport since 1998 . The airport was renovated again for the America Summit in 2005 . In 2008 the airport was given its current name, previously it was named after Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina .

Airlines and destinations

airline	aims
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery (seasonal)
Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza , Bahia Blanca , Comodoro Rivadavia , Córdoba , Mendoza (seasonal), Rosario (seasonal), San Miguel de Tucumán (seasonal), Trelew , Ushuaia

Incidents

• On January 16, 1959, a Curtiss C-46A of Austral Líneas Aéreas ( aircraft registration LV-GED ) flew into the sea while taking off from Mar del Plata airport. Only one of the 52 occupants survived.

Web links

Commons : Astor Piazzolla International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the airport operator Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (English, Spanish)
• Official website of the airport (English, Spanish)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mindiptana, el pueblo indonesio que le ganó las siglas a Mar del Plata. February 19, 2019, accessed May 31, 2020 (Spanish). 
2. ^ Mar del Plata corre contra el reloj para poder terminar las obras. Retrieved May 31, 2020 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ polémica por la intención de cambiar el nombre del aeropuerto. In: Qué digital. June 24, 2017, accessed May 31, 2020 (European Spanish). 
4. ^ Accident report C-46 LV-GED , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 23, 2016.