Mendoza Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional El Plumerillo
Characteristics
ICAO code	SAME
IATA code	MDZ
Coordinates	32 ° 49 '54 "  S , 68 ° 47' 34"  W Coordinates: 32 ° 49 '54 "  S , 68 ° 47' 34"  W
Height above MSL	704 m (2310  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	11 km north of Mendoza , Argentina
Street	Av. Fuerza Aérea Argentina km 12.5
Local transport	City bus (line 60)
Basic data
operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
surface	490 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	2,324,432 (2019)
Air freight	1,635 t (2017)
Flight movements	17,649 (2017)
Start-and runway
18/36	2835 m × 54 m concrete

The Aeropuerto Internacional El Plumerillo is the airport of the Argentine city ​​of Mendoza . Its IATA code is MDZ , its ICAO code SAME . The airport is located in the area of ​​the city of Las Heras , north of the city of Mendoza itself.

With more than a million passengers a year, it is one of the larger airports in Argentina. During the Argentina crisis , the links had been severely thinned; however, the airport has since recovered. The number of passengers rose from 655,318 in 2006 to 1.7 million in 2017.

Airlines and destinations

airline	aims
Aerolineas Argentinas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Buenos Aires-Ezeiza , Comodoro Rivadavia , Córdoba , Mar del Plata (seasonal), Neuquén , Puerto Iguazú , Rosario , Salta
LATAM	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery , Sao Paulo , Santiago de Chile , Lima
Norwegian Air Argentina	Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery
Flybondi	Buenos Aires-El Palomar , Trelew
JetSmart	Buenos Aires-El Palomar , Bariloche , Puerto Iguazú , Rosario , Salta , San Miguel de Tucumán
American Jet	Neuquén
COPA Airlines	Panama City
GOL Linhas Aéreas	Sao Paulo
Sky Airline	Santiago de Chile

Traffic figures

Source: Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos

Mendoza Airport - traffic figures 2001–2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2017	1,717,410	1,635	17,649
2016	1,086,043	1,331	12,644
2015	1,351,552	1,841	15,700
2014	1,308,383	1,974	16,183
2013	1,269,289	2,367	16,892
2012	1,194,904	2,336	17.209
2011	1,077,519	2,250	15,737
2010	976.889	4.233	13,688
2009	858.984	2,759	12,354
2008	780.164	3,436	12,017
2007	698.963	3,364	10,625
2006	655.318	3,054	12,586
2005	652.504	2,645	14,938
2004	592.083	2,244	14,319
2003	594.610	2,377	14,539
2002	606,959	2,428	17,998
2001	654.416	4,059	19,057

Mendoza and the airport seen from the north, from an altitude of 11 km, during the flyby to Santiago de Chile.

Web links

Commons : Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport  - Collection of pictures, 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. ↑ Mendoza. AA2000.com.ar , accessed June 28, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Estadísticas. ORSNA.gob.ar , accessed June 29, 2018 (Spanish).