Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay. The airport is 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

Artigas International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
IATA: ATI ICAO: SUAG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Artigas, Uruguay
Elevation AMSL	410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates	30°24′03″S 56°30′30″W
Map
ATI Location in Uruguay
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 1,278 4,193 Asphalt 05/23 582 1,909 Grass
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1 km) off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nautical miles (109 km) west of the airport.[4][5]

Accidents and incidents

• 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.[6] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.

See also

•  Aviation portal
•  Uruguay portal
• Transport in Uruguay
• List of airports in Uruguay

References

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Artigas
• OurAirports - Artigas Airport
• Current weather for Artigas, Uruguay at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for ATI at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

[de] Flughafen Artigas

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas