Carmelo Airport
| Aeropuerto de Carmelo | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | SULO | ||
| IATA code | CAR | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 13 m (43 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 5 km northwest of Carmelo | ||
| Street | Ruta 21 | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Passengers | 2350 (2009) | ||
| Flight movements |
2700 (2009) | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 17/35 | 1060 m × 30 m grass | ||
The Aeropuerto de Carmelo ( IATA airport code : CAR - ICAO airport code : SULO) is an airport in Uruguay .
location
It is located in southwest Uruguay, northwest of the city of Carmelo in the Colonia department . There it is embedded between Ruta 21, which runs to the east of the airport, and the Río de la Plata to the west, which is directly adjacent to the airport site .
History and description
In 2004 the government put the airport out to tender for privatization. In the early years of the 21st century, Carmelo Airport was the Uruguayan airport outside the Montevideo metropolitan area that recorded the most flight movements. In 2009, a total of 2700 aircraft movements (2000 international flights, 700 domestic flights) with 2350 passengers (1900 international, 450 national) were recorded. This makes the airport the fourth most important in the country after Carrasco , Punta del Este and Melilla . The Hotel Four Season , located near the airport on Ruta 21, is of immense strategic importance . This serves as a tourist attraction for numerous domestic as well as foreign tourists, especially from overseas. Tourists from Canada, USA, Finland, Austria, Mexico and Great Britain are explicitly mentioned in this context.
Carmelo Airport has a 1,400-meter-long, grass-covered runway. The flight connection time to Buenos Aires is around 15 minutes.
Individual evidence
- ↑ El gobierno también licitará entre privados el Aeropuerto de Carmelo (Spanish) in La República of February 25, 2004, accessed on November 1, 2013
- ↑ Report on airport occupancy at ultimasnoticias.com.uy