Bariloche airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Teniente Luis Candelaria
Characteristics
ICAO code	SAZS
IATA code	BRC
Coordinates	41 ° 9 '4 " S , 71 ° 9' 27" W Coordinates: 41 ° 9 '4 " S , 71 ° 9' 27" W
Height above MSL	846 m (2776 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	13 km east of Bariloche
Street
Local transport	City bus
Basic data
operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
surface	1810 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	1,848,933 (2017)
Air freight	410 t (2019)
Flight ; movements	11,305 (2017)
Start-and runway
11/29	2348 m × 48 m asphalt

The Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport is the airport of the Argentine city of San Carlos de Bariloche in the southern Andes . Its IATA code is BRC , the ICAO code is SAZS .

Bariloche, together with Buenos Aires-Aeroparque and Córdoba airports, is one of the hubs of the airline Aerolíneas Argentinas . It is also served by Andes Líneas Aéreas , Flybondi , Norwegian , JetSmart and LATAM Argentina . With almost 1.3 million passengers per year, it is the most important airport in Patagonia .

The airport opened in 1954 and was privatized in the 1990s. In 2012 the airport was renovated.

Airlines and destinations


airline	aims
Aerolineas Argentinas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza , Córdoba (seasonal), El Calafate
Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Cordoba , Rosario
Andes Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery
LATAM	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza , San Miguel de Tucumán (seasonal), Sao Paulo (seasonal), Santiago de Chile (seasonal)
Norwegian Air Argentina	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery
Flybondi	Buenos Aires-El Palomar , Córdoba , Jujuy , Posadas , San Miguel de Tucumán
JetSmart	Buenos Aires-El Palomar , Cordoba , Mendoza
Azul Linhas Aéreas	Campinas
GOL Linhas Aéreas	Sao Paulo (seasonal)

Bariloche Airport - 2001-2017 traffic figures
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2017	1,279,524	410	11.305
2016	1,187,147	365	10,954
2015	1,038,651	346	10,084
2014	918.905	241	9.431
2013	834.765	187	9,358
2012	636.446	174	7,798
2011	301,838	117	3,989
2010	831.792	274	9,477
2009	748,400	269	8,782
2008	701.244	432	7,667
2007	724.010	660	7,830
2006	676.197	717	8,273
2005	648,569	589	8,730
2004	584,589	410	8,860
2003	503.068	564	7,627
2002	405.753	470	7,070
2001	373.134	832	8,116

On November 21, 1977, a BAC 1-11-420-EL flew on a flight of the Argentine Austral Líneas Aéreas (LV-JGY) approaching Bariloche airport 21 kilometers east of the target. The plane came from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport . Of the 79 passengers and crew members, 46 were killed; only 33 passengers survived in this second worst accident involving a BAC 1-11.

Commons : San Carlos de Bariloche Airport - Collection of images and videos

↑ ^a ^b Bariloche. AA2000.com.ar , accessed June 29, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Estadísticas. ORSNA.gob.ar , accessed June 29, 2018 (Spanish).
^ Accident report BAC 111-400 LV-JGY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 24, 2019.