Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport
Aeropuerto de Trelew - Almirante Marcos A. Zar
Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar
Summary
Airport type Public / Militar
Operator Government and London Supply
Serves Trelew, Rawson
Location Ruta 3, S/N. (U9100) TRELEW
Elevation AMSL 141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates 43°12′35.2″S 65°17′01.7″W / 43.209778°S 65.283806°W / -43.209778; -65.283806Coordinates: 43°12′35.2″S 65°17′01.7″W / 43.209778°S 65.283806°W / -43.209778; -65.283806
Website www.aeropuertotrelew.com
Map
REL
Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,560 8,563 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Total passengers 252,594
Source: DAFIF, ANAC

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar, Spanish: Aeropuerto Almirante Marcos A. Zar) (IATA: REL, ICAO: SAVT) is an airport in Trelew, Chubut Province, Argentina, named after the Argentine Navy Admiral and naval aviator Marcos Andrés Zar. The airport serves the cities of Trelew and Rawson. Two airlines operate regularly to the airport, LADE and Aerolíneas Argentinas.

This airport replaced an airport noted as a pivotal site during the Trelew massacre. On August 15, 1972, 110 prisoners escaped from the Rawson jail and tried to hijack an Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC One-Eleven en route to Comodoro Rivadavia, in order to escape to Chile and from there to Cuba. Their plans failed, and 19 of them were killed by the army on August 22, at 3:30 AM.

This airport is 7 km from the center of Trelew and 26 km from Rawson (capital city of Chubut). It has a 3,500m² passenger terminal and 126,000m² of runways. It has parking for 128 cars.

It also home of the Argentine Naval Aviation squadron of P-3 Orions.

It is operated by London Supply.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Córdoba
Seasonal: Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ushuaia
Aerolíneas Argentinas
operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas		 Bahía Blanca,[1] Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza,[1] Cómodoro Rivadavia,[1] Mar del Plata,[1] Río Gallegos[1]

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