Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport
| Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" | |||||||||||
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| IATA: RGL – ICAO: SAWG | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
| Serves | Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Location | Ruta N3, km 2618. (Z9400). RÍO GALLEGOS | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′31″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60861°S 69.31250°WCoordinates: 51°36′31″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60861°S 69.31250°W | ||||||||||
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  RGL Location of the airport in Argentina | |||||||||||
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Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández") (IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) west-southwest of the center of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1150 hectares (2841 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.[1][2]
It is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, LAN Argentina and LADE. It has 149,750 m² of runways, 74,690 m² of taxiways, 2,285 m² of terminal, and 2,187 m² of hangars. It was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. Rio Gallegos' airport has the longest runway in the country.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 191,202 |  2.09% | 5,530 | 20.50% | 882 | 15.03% |
| 2006 | 197,785 |  3.44% | 5,338 | 3.47% | 786 | 10.88% |
| 2007 | 201,623 | 1.94% | 5,710 | 6.97% | 703 | 10.56% |
| 2008 | 199,567 | 1.02% | 5,480 | 4.03% | 611 | 13.09% |
| 2009 | 244,728 | 22.63% | 3,959 | 27.76% | 442 | 27.66% |
| 2010 | 236,792 | 3.24% | 3,395 | 14.25% | 563 | 27.38% |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010) | ||||||
References
- 1 2 (Spanish) "SAWG – RIO GALLEGOS / Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" (PDF). at AIP Argentina
- 1 2 (Spanish) Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
- ↑ Airport information for SAWG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for RGL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
External links
- Río Gallegos, RGL at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)
- Current weather for SAWG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RGL at Aviation Safety Network