Comodoro Rivadavia Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrique Mosconi
Characteristics
ICAO code	SAVC
IATA code	CRD
Coordinates	45 ° 47 ′ 7 ″  S , 67 ° 26 ′ 56 ″  W Coordinates: 45 ° 47 ′ 7 ″  S , 67 ° 26 ′ 56 ″  W
Height above MSL	58 m (190  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	8 km north of Comodoro Rivadavia , Argentina
Basic data
opening	1929
operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Terminals	1
Passengers	642,998 (2019)
Start-and runway
07/25	2810 m × 45 m asphalt

The Comodoro Rivadavia airport (actually: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrique Mosconi) is an Argentine airport near the city of Comodoro Rivadavia in Chubut province . The airport, considered to be one of the most active in the Argentine Patagonia , is the hub of the LADE airline .

history

The after Argentine military engineer Enrique Mosconi named airport was built in 1929 and initially boosted by post fliers of Aeroposta Argentina used. The novel Nachtflug by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , in which the airport also plays a role, also plays a role of such a flight . After the establishment of the Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aérea Argentina in 1945, a brigade was also stationed at Comodoro Rivadavia Airport. In the following years, flights to the Falkland Islands took off again and again .

The airport has been operated by the Argentine airport operating company Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 since the early 2000s . The airport has been renewed since 2015. It is the main hub of the Argentine national airline LADE .

Airlines and destinations

airline	aims
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Cordoba
Austral Líneas Aéreas	Bahia Blanca , Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza , Mar del Plata , Mendoza , Neuquén , Trelew
LOAD	Perito Moreno , Rio Gallegos , Rio Grande , Río Mayo , Ushuaia
LATAM	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery

Web links

Commons : Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrique Mosconi  - 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. ↑ Saint Exupéry en la Patagonia | PATAGONIA-ARGENTINA.COM |. Retrieved May 29, 2020 . 
2. ^ Fuerza Aérea Argentina. Retrieved May 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Con $ 2500 million, se reinauguró el aeropuerto de Comodoro Rivadavia. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (European Spanish).