Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport

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Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport Aeropuerto de Trelew - Almirante Marco Andés Zar
IATA: REL – ICAO: SAVT
Summary
Airport type		Public / Militar
Operator		Government and London Supply
Serves		Trelew, Rawson
Location		Ruta 3, S/N. (U9100) TRELEW
Elevation AMSL		141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates		43°12′35.20″S 65°17′01.70″W / -43.2097778, -65.283806
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06/24	2,560	8,563	Concrete
Source: DAFIF

Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Almirante Marco Andrés Zar) (IATA: REL, ICAO: SAVT) is an airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the cities of Trelew and Rawson. It is the main hub from LADE and it's also served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and LAN Argentina

On August 22, 1972 it was a headline on every newspaper because of the Masacre de Trelew. 15th August, 110 prisioners scaped from the Rawson Jail and tried to kidnapp a BAC 1-11 from Austral Líneas Aéreas on route to Comodoro Rivadavia, and scape then to Chile and later to Cuba. Their plans failed, and 19 of them were killed by the army August 22, at 3.30am, on this airport. (Actually: it wasn't at this airport, it was at the old one. This one was build in 1980's).

This airport is 7km from Trelew and 26km from Rawson (capital city of Chubut). It has a 3,500m² passenger terminal and 126,000m² of runways. It has a parkplace for 128 cars.

It is operated by London Supply.