Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

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Ushuaia International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia
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IATA: USH – ICAO: SAWH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Administration
Location Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Elevation AMSL 31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website tierradelfuego.org.ar/...
Map
USH is located in Tierra del Fuego
USH
USH
Location of airport in Tierra del Fuego
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,030 9,941 Concrete
Sources: Argentinian AIP,[1] ORSNA[2]

Malvinas Argentinas Ushuaia International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas, IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) south[1] of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.[1][2]

Overview

This small international airport was opened in 1995, replacing an older one. The airport has been used by various distinct airlines at different periods. It is the world's southernmost international airport[citation needed] and is often used by passengers as a cruise-ship gateway to the Antarctic.

Ushuaia International Airport is fit to receive airplanes as large as the Boeing 747. Tower Air used to operate such types into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operated 747-400s into the airport during events of high passenger numbers (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads) until retiring this aircraft type in February 2012. Two chartered Air France Concordes also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from Easter Island, Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on 25 July 2000. Condor, LTU and Lufthansa also offered charter flights from Germany and First Choice Airways from the United Kingdom. It also offers charter flights to Maputo, Mozambique.

The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), and could be translated as "Ushuaia – Argentine Malvinas International Airport".

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, El Calafate, Río Gallegos
Aerolíneas Argentinas
operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas		 Cordobá (begins 1 August 2016)[3]
Gol Transportes Aéreos Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos
LADE Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Puerto Deseado, Puerto San Julián, Puerto Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Río Grande
LAN Airlines Seasonal: Punta Arenas
LAN Argentina Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, El Calafate
TAM Airlines Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos

Gallery

  • LAN A320 USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport (5).JPG
  • Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300X LV-CSD.jpeg
  • Preembarque Aeropuerto de Ushuaia.jpg
  • 188 - Ushuaia - Aéroport - Janvier 2010.jpg
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 32.JPG
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 14.JPG
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 16.JPG
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 44.JPG
  • Ushuaia Airport Terminal Building Sign.jpg
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 46.jpg
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 42.jpg
  • LV-CMA Bahía Ushuaia 100 3932.JPG
  • Torre Control USH 100 3921.JPG
  • USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 10.JPG
  • Aéroport de Ushuaia.jpg
  • Aéroportdeushuaïa.JPG

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Spanish) SAWH – USHUAIA / Malvinas Argentinas PDF (480 KB) at AIP Argentina
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Spanish) Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
  3. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/18/ar-cormdq-jan16/

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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