Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

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Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández"
IATA: RGL – ICAO: SAWG
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		Government and Aeropuretos Argentina 2000
Serves		Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Location		Ruta N3, km 2618. (Z9400). RÍO GALLEGOS
Elevation AMSL		66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates		51°36′31″S 69°18′45″W / -51.60861, -69.3125
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	3,550	11,639	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Total Passangers			201,623
Sources: AIP[1], ORSNA[2], DAFIF[3][4]

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández") (IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 4.5 km (2.8 miles) west-southwest of the center of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1150 hectares (2841 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.^[1][2]

It is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, LAN Argentina and LADE. It has 149,750 m² of runways, 74,690 m² of taxiways, 2,285 m² of terminal, and 2,187 m² of hangars. It was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway in 1972, with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aerolíneas Argentinas / Austral Líneas Aéreas
  • Buenos Aires / Aeroparque Jorge Newbery AEP
  • Ushuaia / Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport USH

• LADE
  • Comodoro Rivadavia / General Enrique Mosconi International Airport CRD
  • El Calafate / Comandante Armando Tola International Airport FTE
  • Gobernador Gregores / Gobernador Gregores Airport GGS
  • Puerto Deseado / Puerto Desado Airport PUD
  • Puerto Santa Cruz / Puerto Santa Cruz Airport Airport RZA
  • Puerto San Julián / Puerto San Julián Airport ULA
  • Río Grande / Hermes Quijada International Airport RGA
  • Ushuaia / Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport USH

• LAN Argentina
  • Buenos Aires / Aeroparque Jorge Newbery AEP

• LAN Airlines
  • Port Stanley / RAF Mount Pleasant MPN
  • Punta Arenas / Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport PUQ
  • Santiago de Chile / Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) SAWG - RIO GALLEGOS / Piloto Civil Norberto FernándezPDF at AIP Argentina
2. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
3. ^ Airport information for SAWG at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
4. ^ Airport information for RGL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

[edit] External links

• Río Gallegos, RGL at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)
• Current weather for SAWG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for RGL at Aviation Safety Network