Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport

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Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Brigadier Bartolomé de la Colina"
IATA: MDQ – ICAO: SAZM
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Owner/Operator		Aeropuertos Argentina 2000^[1]
Serves		Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Location		AU 2, Km 398,5 (B7612)
Elevation AMSL		71 ft / 22 m
Coordinates		37°56′03″S 057°34′24″W / -37.93417, -57.57333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13/31	2,200	7,218	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Total Passangers			110,565
Sources: ORSNA^[2] and DAFIF^[3]^[4]

Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Brigadier Bartolomé de la Colina") (IATA: MDQ, ICAO: SAZM) is located 7 km (4.3 miles) north of the center of Mar del Plata, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 436 hectares (1077 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.^[2]

Also known as Mar del Plata Airport, it provides domestic flights on Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral Líneas Aéreas, Sol Líneas Aéreas and Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE).

The existing terminal building was constructed in 1978 for the Fifa World Cup. In 1994, due to the Pan American Games, the terminal was expanded. On October 20, 1998, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 took over the airport.

There are currently plans to change the name of the airport to Ástor Piazzolla, who was born in Mar del Plata.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aerolíneas Argentinas / Austral Líneas Aéreas (Buenos Aires)
LADE (Bahia Blanca, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Necochea, Paraná, San Antonio Oeste, Trelew, Viedma)
Sol Líneas Aéreas (Buenos Aires)