San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,[5] is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city.[2]

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche
Summary
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
ServesSan Carlos de Bariloche
LocationRuta Nacional Nº 237 s/n
Elevation AMSL2,776 ft / 846 m
Coordinates41°09′04″S 71°09′27″W
Map
BRC
Location in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,703 2,348 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers1.308.001
Sources: AIP,[1] ORSNA,[2] World Aero Data,[3] Airport statistics for 2017[4]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Seasonal: El Calafate, Ushuaia
Andes Líneas Aéreas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque[6]
Austral Líneas Aéreas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba, Rosario, Viedma
Seasonal Mendoza, Salta
Flybondi Buenos Aires–El Palomar, Mendoza[7]
Gol Transportes Aéreos Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos
JetSmart Argentina Buenos Aires-Aeroparque,[8] Buenos Aires–El Palomar, Córdoba, Mendoza
LADE Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Bolsón, El Calafate, Esquel, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn
LATAM Brasil Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos
Norwegian Air Argentina Buenos Aires–Aeroparque

Accidents and incidents

Accidents involving fatalities
  • 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.[9]
  • 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities.[10]
  • 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.[11]

Non-fatal hull-losses
  • 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.[12]

Statistics
Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)		Change from previous year
2005 648,56910.94%8,730 1.47%58943.66%
2006 676,197 4.26%8,273 5.23%71721.73%
2007 724,010 7.07%7,830 5.35%660 7.95%
2008 701,244 3.14%7,667 2.08%43234.55%
2009 748,400 6.72%8,78214.54%26937.73%
2010 831,79211.14%9,477 7.91%274 1.86%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005-2010)

See also

References
  1. "SAZS/San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport Fact Sheet" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. "Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche" [San Carlos de Bariloche Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
  3. Airport information for SAZS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  4. https://www.eana.com.ar/media/estadisticas/tableros/2018/SAZS.pdf
  5. Lieutenant Luis Candelaria International Airport, at Aeropuertos.net (accessed 2015-04-26)
  6. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anbariloche.com.ar%2Fnoticias%2F2017%2F04%2F26%2F58280-aerolineas-andes-sumara-vuelos-a-bariloche&edit-text=&act=url
  7. Liu, Jim (12 January 2018). "Flybondi outlines operational launch in 1H18". Routes Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018.
  8. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/289139/jetsmart-argentina-adds-buenos-aires-aeroparque-service-in-march-2020/
  9. Accident description for T-3 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
  10. Accident description for TC-72 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
  11. Accident description for LV-JGY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
  12. Accident description for TC-51 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
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