Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

Ushuaia International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Administration
Location Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Elevation AMSL 31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates 54°50′36″S 068°17′44″W / 54.84333°S 68.29556°W / -54.84333; -68.29556Coordinates: 54°50′36″S 068°17′44″W / 54.84333°S 68.29556°W / -54.84333; -68.29556
Website aeropuertoushuaia.com
Map
USH
Location of airport in Tierra del Fuego
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,800 9,186 Concrete
Sources: Argentinian AIP,[1] ORSNA[2]

Malvinas Argentinas Ushuaia International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas, IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) south[1] of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.[1][2]

Overview

This small international airport was opened in 1995, replacing an older one. The airport has been used by various distinct airlines at different periods. It is the world's southernmost international airport and is often used by passengers as a cruise-ship gateway to the Antarctic.

Ushuaia International Airport is fit to receive airplanes as large as the Boeing 747. Tower Air used to operate such types into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operated 747-400s into the airport during events of high passenger numbers (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads) until retiring this aircraft type in February 2012. Two chartered Air France Concordes also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from Easter Island, Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on 25 July 2000 (following the crash of Air France 4590). Condor, LTU and Lufthansa also offered charter flights from Germany and First Choice Airways from the United Kingdom. It also offers charter flights to Maputo, Mozambique.

The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), and could be translated as "Ushuaia – Argentine Malvinas International Airport".

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Córdoba, El Calafate, Salta
Seasonal: San Carlos de Bariloche, Rosario[3] Trelew
Aerolíneas Argentinas
operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas 		Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Bahía Blanca, Mar del Plata
Aerovías DAP Seasonal: Punta Arenas
Gol Transportes Aéreos Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos
LADE Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Río Gallegos, Río Grande
LATAM Chile Seasonal: Punta Arenas
LATAM Argentina Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, El Calafate
LATAM Brasil Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos
Lufthansa Seasonal charter: Buenos Aires, Frankfurt

References

  1. 1 2 3 (in Spanish) "SAWH – USHUAIA / Malvinas Argentinas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009.  (480 KB) at AIP Argentina
  2. 1 2 (in Spanish) Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas" Archived 28 November 2012 at Archive.is at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
  3. ↑ AR add Ushuaia with Rosario

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