General Enrique Mosconi International Airport

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General Enrique Mosconi International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Comodoro Rivadavia - General Enrique Mosconi
IATA: CRD – ICAO: SAVC
Summary
Airport type		Public / Militar
Operator		Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves		Comodoro Rivadavia
Location		Camino del Aeropuerto, Km 9. (U9000)
Elevation AMSL		190 ft / 58 m
Coordinates		45°47′24.20″S 67°28′07.80″W / -45.7900556, -67.468833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
07/25	2,750	9,016	Concrete
Source: DAFIF

General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrigue Mosconi) (IATA: CRD, ICAO: SAVC) is an airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the city of Comodoro Rivadavia. It is the main hub from LADE and it's also served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and LAN Argentina

It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on November 1st, 1929. The new terminal was constructed in 1952.

It has a 3,415m² passenger terminal, 137,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar.

Since 2000 it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In January 2008, 21,439 passengers flew through Mosconi Airport, and in 2007 289,750 passengers.

Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940) was an Argentine military engineer, who is best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum surveyance and exploitation in Argentina.