Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
Serves | Río Gallegos, Argentina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W | ||||||||||
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It has a 2,285 square metres (24,600 sq ft) terminal and 2,187 square metres (23,540 sq ft) of hangar space.[5] The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Río Gallegos' airport has the longest runway in the country. Runway length does not include blast pads of 235 metres (771 ft) on Runway 07 and 200 metres (660 ft) on Runway 25. The runway lies 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) south of the Gallegos River estuary, and east approach and departure may cross over the water.
The Rio Gallegos VOR-DME (Ident: GAL) and non-directional beacon (Ident: G) are located on the field.[6][7]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew |
LADE | Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Río Grande, Ushuaia |
LATAM Chile | Punta Arenas, Stanley–Mount Pleasant |
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