Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

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Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas
IATA: USH – ICAO: SAWH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Administration
Location		Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Elevation AMSL		71 ft / 22 m
Coordinates		54°50′35″S 68°17′44″W / -54.84306, -68.29556
Website		tierradelfuego.org.ar/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	2,800	9,186	Concrete
Sources: AIP[1], ORSNA[2], DAFIF[3][4]

Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas) (IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is located 4 km (2.5 miles) south of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.^[1][2]

This small international airport was opened in 1995, replacing an older one. The airport has been used by various distinct airlines at different periods. It is the world's southernmost international airport and is sometimes used by passengers as a gateway to the Antarctic.

Ushuaia International Airport is fit to receive airplanes as large as Boeing 747s. Tower Air used to operate such types into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operates 747s into the airport when high passenger flow. Chartered Concordes also visited in the past. Condor and LTU also offered charter flights from Germany and First Choice from UK.

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 1.1 Charter Airlines 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aerolíneas Argentinas / Austral
  • Buenos Aires / Aeroparque Jorge Newbery AEP
  • Buenos Aires / Ministro Pistarini International Airport EZE
  • El Calafate / Comandante Armando Tola International Airport FTE
  • Rio Gallegos / Piloto Civil N. Fernández International Airport RGL
  • Trelew / Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport REL

• LADE
  • Comodoro Rivadavia / General Enrique Mosconi International Airport CRD
  • El Calafate / Comandante Armando Tola International Airport FTE
  • Puerto Deseado / Puerto Deseado Airport PUD
  • Puerto San Julián / Puerto San Julián Airport ULA
  • Puerto Santa Cruz / Puerto Santa Cruz Airport RZA
  • Rio Gallegos / Piloto Civil N. Fernández International Airport RGL
  • Rio Grande / Hermes Quijada International Airport RGA

• LAN Airlines
  • Punta Arenas / Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport PUQ
  • Santiago de Chile / Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL

• LAN Argentina
  • Buenos Aires / Aeroparque Jorge Newbery AEP
  • El Calafate / Comandante Armando Tola International Airport FTE

[edit] Charter Airlines

• Aerovias DAP (Punta Arenas, Puerto Williams)
  
• ATA Airlines (Miami)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) SAWH - USHUAIA / Malvinas ArgentinasPDF at AIP Argentina
2. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
3. ^ Airport information for SAWH at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
4. ^ Airport information for USH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas (official site)
• Current weather for SAWH at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for USH at Aviation Safety Network