Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo Airport
Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | SULS | ||
| IATA code | PDP | ||
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| Height above MSL | 29 m (95 ft ) | ||
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| operator | CAISA | ||
| Passengers | 210,988 (2007) | ||
| Runways | |||
| 01/19 | 1600 m × 38 m asphalt | ||
| 08/26 | 2133 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport ( IATA airport code : PDP - ICAO airport code: SULS) is an international airport in Uruguay .
location
It is located near the cities of Maldonado and Punta del Este in the Maldonado department .
History and equipment
The airport was reopened on December 19, 1997 after a renovation. The project, which was implemented by Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales SA mainly with funds from Uruguayan and Argentinian investors, has an airport building designed by Carlos Ott . The design is geared towards being able to handle 2000 passengers per day in the first two calendar months of the main season. The airport building consists of a white lacquered, completely glazed metal structure. The building complex houses a shopping gallery with 25 shops, a bakery and a restaurant. 600 parking spaces are available. The three-storey airport terminal has a total area of 13,000 m².
The airport has a runway 2133 meters long and 45 meters wide. The infrastructural and technical airport equipment enables the simultaneous use by five aircraft the size of a Boeing 737 .
Airlines and destinations
- Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)
- GOL (Rio de Janeiro-Galeão [seasonal], São Paulo-Guarulhos [seasonal])
- NHT Linhas Aéreas (Pelotas [seasonal])
- OceanAir (Curitiba [seasonal], Porto Alegre [seasonal], São Paulo-Guarulhos [seasonal])
- Sol Líneas Aéreas (Cordoba [seasonal], Rosario [seasonal])
- TAM Airlines (Asunción [seasonal], Buenos Aires-Ezeiza [seasonal])
On July 2, 2015, a flight connection operated by LATAM Airlines between Punta del Este and São Paulo is to begin .
See also
Web links
- Official site of the airport
- Image of the airport from the following post in the forum http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=540292
- Images from a landing at Capitán de Corbeta Airport Carlos A. Curbelo on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Punta del Este renovó su aeropuerto internacional (Spanish) at www.lanacion.com.ar of December 11, 1997, accessed on November 1, 2013
- ↑ Presentación del vuelo Tam entre Punta del Este y San Pablo ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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 puntanews.com.uy on May 14, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015
