Rivera International Airport
| Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Rivera | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 217 m / 712 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°58′28″S 055°28′34″W / 30.97444°S 55.47611°WCoordinates: 30°58′28″S 055°28′34″W / 30.97444°S 55.47611°W | ||||||||||
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  RVY Location in Uruguay | |||||||||||
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Sources: Great Circle Mapper[1] | |||||||||||
Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (IATA: RVY, ICAO: SURV), formerly called Cerro Chapeu International Airport, is the airport serving Rivera, Uruguay and also Santana do Livramento, Brazil. It is named after Óscar Diego Gestido (1901-1967), President of Uruguay in 1967.
History
The airport was opened on June 16, 1979.
Airlines and destinations
BQB Airlines used to fly to Rivera, but that airline went bankrupt in 2015.
Access
The airport is located 12 km (7 mi) from downtown Rivera and 13 km (8 mi) from downtown Santana do Livramento.
References
External links
- Airport information for SURV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for SURV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for SURV at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for RVY at Aviation Safety Network
- Rivera International Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net
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