Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport

Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gobernador Francisco Gabrielli) (IATA: MDZ, ICAO: SAME), better known as El Plumerillo International Airport, is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the centre of Mendoza, capital of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000^[2][3]

Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mendoza "Francisco Gabrielli" – El Plumerillo
IATA: MDZ ICAO: SAME
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Mendoza, Argentina
Elevation AMSL	2,310 ft / 704 m
Coordinates	32°49′54″S 068°47′34″W / 32.83167°S 68.79278°W / -32.83167; -68.79278
Map
MDZ Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 2,789 9,150 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Total passengers 1.813.623^[1]
Sources: AIP^[2] ORSNA,^[3] WAD^[4] Google Maps^[5]

The 4th Air Brigade (El Plumerillo Military Air Base) is located on the southern section of the airport.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Mar del Plata, Neuquén, Rosario, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, São Paulo–Guarulhos, San Salvador de Jujuy, Santiago de Chile Seasonal: Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
Copa Airlines	Panama City–Tocumen
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR)^[7]
Gol Transportes Aéreos	São Paulo–Guarulhos
JetSmart Argentina	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche
LADE	Bahía Blanca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba (AR), Malargüe, Neuquén, Puerto Madryn
LATAM Brasil	Santiago de Chile, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Chile	Santiago de Chile
LATAM Peru	Lima
Sky Airline	Santiago de Chile

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	652,504	10.20%	14,938	4.32%	2,645	17.87%
2006	655,318	0.43%	12,586	15.75%	3,054	15.46%
2007	689,963	5.29%	10,625	15.58%	3,364	10.15%
2008	780,464	13.12%	12,017	13.10%	3,436	2.14%
2009	858,984	10.06%	12,354	2.80%	2,759	19.70%
2010	976,889	13.73%	13,688	10.80%	5,533	100.54%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010)

Accidents and incidents

• 20 January 1944: A LanChile Lodestar 18–50, registration CC-CLC-0072, was due to operate a Mendoza–San Juan cargo service when it crashed on takeoff, killing all 12 occupants aboard.^[8]

See also

• Transport in Argentina
• List of airports in Argentina

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
3. Aeropuerto Internacional de Mendoza "Francisco Gabrielli" – El Plumerillo 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
4. . World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
5. "Aeropuerto Mendoza". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
6. "4th Air Brigade". X Air Forces. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
7. "Flybondi Adds Cordoba – Mendoza Service From April 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. Accident description for CC-CLC-0072 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 June 2012.

External links

• Mendoza Airport Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
• Airport information for El Plumerillo International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for SAME at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for Mendoza-El Plumerillo Airport at Aviation Safety Network