Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport
Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
| Serves | Río Gallegos, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60889°S 69.31250°W | ||||||||||
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The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. The runway is the longest in Argentina.[citation needed]
During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a polar route passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with Boeing 747-200 wide body jetliners.[5]
Airlines and destinations edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew |
| LADE | Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Río Grande, Ushuaia |
| LATAM Chile | Punta Arenas, Stanley–Mount Pleasant |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ . World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ Airport information for Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ar/ar89/ar8901-2.jpg
External links edit
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for Rio Gallegos Airport at SkyVector
- RGL at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)
- Current weather for SAWG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RGL at Aviation Safety Network