Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport

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Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Cordoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella"
IATA: COR – ICAO: SACO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Location		Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Elevation AMSL		1,604 ft / 489 m
Coordinates		31°19′25″S 064°12′28″W / -31.32361, -64.20778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	2,255	7,398	Asphalt
18/36	3,200	10,498	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Total Passangers			981,143
Sources: AIP^[1], ORSNA^[2], DAFIF^[3]^[4]

Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Cordoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella") (IATA: COR, ICAO: SACO), known as Pajas Blancas, is located 9 km (5.6 miles) north-northwest of the center of Córdoba, a city in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1020 hectares (2520 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.^[1]^[2]

It is that nation's third largest airport, after Ministro Pistarini International Airport and Jorge Newbery Domestic Airport, both in Buenos Aires.

The airport had been a jetport for a long time, but it had been lacking the size to receive larger numbers of passengers until Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a private company that operates several airports in Argentina, decided to give internal Argentine airports more money so that they could expand and lure more airlines. Up until that moment, the Taravella airport, which was named after an architect, only had one story and one terminal.

Building of a second and third floor began in 2000; by 2002 it was finished and Aerolíneas Argentinas decided to make the Taravella airport a hub for domestic flights.

The airport is equipped with the necessary lights to have night air traffic, but pilots flying there, especially pilots of light aircraft, are recommended to look out for birds, as there is quite a substantial number of birds inhabiting the areas nearby.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Andes Líneas Aéreas (Salvador, Maceio, Buenos Aires, Porto Seguro, Florianopolis)
Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Porto Alegre, Río de Janeiro [seasonal])
- Aerolíneas Argentinas operated by Austral (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque)
Copa Airlines (Panamá City)
Cubana de Aviacion (Havana) [seasonal]
Gol Transportes Aéreos (Florianópolis, Porto Alegre)
LAN Airlines (Santiago de Chile)
- LAN Argentina (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque)
LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado (Paraná, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque)
Oceanair (Recife, Natal)
Pluna (Montevideo)
Silver Sky Airlines (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque)
Sol Líneas Aéreas (Mendoza, Rosario)
TAM (Asuncion, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos)

There is an ongoing rumor that American Airlines will start nonstop service to Cordoba from Miami International Airport. This however is not confirmed. There is another rumor that Iberia Airlines will start nonstop service to Córdoba from Barcelona International Airport (El Prat), but this is also not confirmed.