Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

Jorge Newbery Airfield
Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery"
IATA: AEP – ICAO: SABE
AEP
Location of airport in Buenos Aires
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Serves Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elevation AMSL 5 m / 18 ft
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,100 6,890 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Total Passengers 7,558,149
Sources: Argentinian AIP,[1]
ORSNA[2]

Jorge Newbery Airfield (Spanish: Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery") (IATA: AEP, ICAO: SABE) is located in Palermo neighbourhood, 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast[1] of the center of Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 138 hectares (341 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.[2] It is located in the city near the Río de la Plata. The airport is named after Argentine aviator Jorge Newbery.

Originally it was the main airport for domestic flights in Buenos Aires and only handled international flights to Uruguay. However, since March 2010, there are also flights to Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.

Its military sector is where authorities normally board the Tango 01 presidential aircraft; which is based at "El Palomar" military airport.

In 2009, the airport handled 6,489,066 passengers and 93,346 aircraft movements.[3]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aerochaco Resistencia, Sunchales, Villa María
Seasonal: Rosario
Aerolíneas Argentinas Asunción, Bahía Blanca, Catamarca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, Corrientes, El Calafate, Esquel, Florianópolis, Formosa, La Rioja, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Montevideo, Neuquén, Porto Alegre, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú, Resistencia, Río de Janeiro-Galeão, Río Gallegos, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Juan, San Luis, San Martín de los Andes, San Rafael, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santiago de Chile, Santiago del Estero, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Trelew, Tucumán, Ushuaia, Viedma
Seasonal: Malargüe, Punta del Este
Air Class Líneas Aéreas Cargo: Montevideo
Andes Líneas Aéreas Córdoba, Esquel, Puerto Madryn, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Salvador de Jujuy
Austral Líneas Aéreas Bahía Blanca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Mendoza, Neuquén, Puerto Iguazú, Río Gallegos, Río Grande, Rosario, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Salvador de Jujuy, Trelew, Tucumán, Ushuaia
BQB Líneas Aéreas Punta del Este, Salto
Gol Airlines Belo Horizonte-Confins, São Paulo-Guarulhos
LADE Comodoro Rivadavia, Mar del Plata, San Carlos de Bariloche
LAER Concordia, Paraná, Goya
LAN Airlines Santiago de Chile
LAN Argentina Bahía Blanca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Mendoza, Neuquén, Puerto Iguazú, Río Gallegos, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Juan, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Tucumán, Ushuaia
Seasonal: Malargüe
PLUNA Montevideo, Punta del Este, Belo Horizonte
Sol Líneas Aéreas Mar del Plata, Merlo, Montevideo, Río Cuarto, Rosario, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Villa Mercedes
Seasonal: Punta del Este, Villa Gesell
TAM Airlines Porto Alegre
TAM Airlines Paraguay Asunción, Río de Janeiro-Galeão

Accidents and incidents

Statistics

Traffic 2010 2009 2008 2007
Passengers 7.588.149 6.489.066 5.687.221 5.665.808

References

  1. ^ a b (Spanish) SABE AEROPARQUE JORGE NEWBERYPDF (1774 kB) at AIP Argentina
  2. ^ a b (Spanish) Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
  3. ^ Airport statistics for 2007
  4. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750511-2. Retrieved 8 October 2009. 

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