Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery Airport

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Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Aeroparque Jorge Newberry-Overview (by Darío Crusafón) .jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code SABE
IATA code AEP
Coordinates

34 ° 33 '33 "  S , 58 ° 24' 56"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 33 '33 "  S , 58 ° 24' 56"  W.
Height above MSL 5 m (16  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 2 km from Buenos Aires
Street Av. Rafael Obligado s / n °
Local transport buses
Basic data
opening 1948
operator Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
surface 138 hectares
Terminals 1
Passengers 13,261,437 (2017)
Air freight 2,055 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		123,077 (2017)
Start-and runway
13/31 2100 m × 40 m concrete

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The Aeroparque Jorge Newbery is the city airport of Buenos Aires . It is located in the Palermo district on the banks of the Río de la Plata . Its IATA code is AEP and ICAO code is SABE . The IATA collective code for the domestic and international airports of Buenos Aires is BUE .

The airport was named after the Argentine aviation pioneer and engineer Jorge Newbery (* 1875, † 1914).

The "Aeroparque", as it is mostly called, is mainly used for domestic flights. It has the function of the most important hub in the Argentine air traffic: Many domestic connections provide for a change at this airport. But international flights to neighboring countries are also carried out.

history

After a long planning period, the airport was opened in 1947 and the terminal was completed in 1951. The airport has had to contend with chronic congestion since the 1980s , which cannot be resolved by an expansion, as there are important roads and residential areas around the airport. In the 1990s it was considered to expand the airport by creating an artificial island on the Río de la Plata, a so-called aeroisla . However, this project came to nothing, as did the proposal to close the airport completely and instead greatly expand the more remote Ezeiza airport . Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has operated the airport since 1999

On August 31, 1999, there was a major plane crash. A Boeing 737-200 of the Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas crashed shortly after take-off. 65 people were killed.

At the end of 2010, the airport was closed for several weeks and given a general overhaul. The runway in particular has been renewed.

Airlines and destinations

airline aims
Aerolineas Argentinas Bahía Blanca , Comodoro Rivadavia , Córdoba , Corrientes , El Calafate , Esquel , Formosa , Jujuy , Mar del Plata (seasonal), Mendoza , Neuquén , Posadas , Puerto Iguazú , Resistencia , Río Gallegos , Río Grande , Salta , Santiago del Estero , San Carlos de Bariloche , San Juan , San Luis , San Martín de los Andes , San Miguel de Tucumán , Trelew , Ushuaia , Montevideo , Punta del Este
Austral Líneas Aéreas Bahía Blanca , Catamarca , Comodoro Rivadavia , Córdoba , Corrientes , Esquel , Formosa , Jujuy , La Rioja , Mar del Plata , Mendoza , Paraná , Posadas , Puerto Iguazú , Resistencia , Río Cuarto , Río Gallegos , Río Grande , Rosario , Santiago del Estero , San Carlos de Bariloche , San Juan , San Luis , San Miguel de Tucumán , San Rafael , Santa Fe , Santa Rosa , Termas de Río Hondo , Trelew , Ushuaia , Viedma , Montevideo
Andes Líneas Aéreas Comodoro Rivadavia , Jujuy , Mar del Plata (seasonal), Puerto Madryn , Salta , San Carlos de Bariloche
LATAM Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia , Córdoba , Mendoza , Neuquén , Puerto Iguazú , Río Gallegos , Salta , San Carlos de Bariloche , San Miguel de Tucumán , Ushuaia
Norwegian Air Argentina Córdoba , Jujuy , Mendoza , Neuquén , Puerto Iguazú , Salta , San Carlos de Bariloche , Ushuaia
Flyest Santa Fe , Sunchales
Flybondi Punta del Este (seasonal)
Amaszonas Uruguay Montevideo , Punta del Este (seasonal)

Traffic figures

Source: Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport - 2001-2017 traffic figures
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
2017 13,261,437 2,055 123.077
2016 11,661,528 1,736 121,882
2015 10,825,986 7,394 120,492
2014 10,255,541 5,581 115,389
2013 9,552,504 14,562 114,282
2012 8,849,465 14,366 115,638
2011 8,250,971 18,285 113,786
2010 7,558,149 18,945 104,857
2009 6,449,344 13,700 91,676
2008 5,687,221 14,690 85,793
2007 5,665,808 14,078 81,340
2006 5,289,074 13,471 79.223
2005 5,372,195 26,415 77,742
2004 5,245,923 30,312 84,844
2003 4,608,377 39,748 79,999
2002 4,519,424 37.053 91,350
2001 5,244,257 35,757 115,673

Incidents

  • On May 7, 1981, a BAC 1-11-529FR of the Austral Líneas Aéreas ( aircraft registration LV-LOX ) crashed into the Río de la Plata while approaching Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport , whereby none of the 31 people on board survived the accident . In the vicinity of a violent thunderstorm, the pilots lost control of the aircraft.
  • On August 31, 1999, a Boeing 737-200 of Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (LV-WRZ) had an accident while taking off from Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport. Due to their general lack of discipline in the cockpit, the flight crew overlooked the fact that they had forgotten to correctly set the buoyancy aids for take-off. Although a high-pitched warning signal sounded when accelerating, which drew the crew's attention to their mistake, they did not abort the take-off process. The machine barely lifted off the ground, shot over the end of the runway, pulled a passing car with its engine and crashed into an industrial gas plant, which then exploded. 63 of the 103 occupants of the machine and the two people in the car were killed (see also LAPA flight 3142 ) .

Web links

Commons : Aeroparque Jorge Newbery  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aeroparque. AA2000.com.ar , accessed June 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Estadísticas. ORSNA.gob.ar , accessed June 27, 2018 (Spanish).
  3. ^ History. AA2000.com.ar , accessed June 27, 2018 .
  4. ^ Accident report BAC-111-500 LV-LOX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Accident report B-737-200 LV-WRZ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2019.