| Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" |
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| IATA: RGL – ICAO: SAWG
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Operator | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||
| Serves | Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | ||
| Location | Ruta N3, km 2618. (Z9400). RÍO GALLEGOS | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 3,550 | 11,639 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Total Passengers | 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 mi) 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 was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. Rio Gallegos' airport has the longest runway in the country.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ushuaia |
| Austral Líneas Aéreas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque |
| LADE | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Esquel, Gobernador Gregores, Puerto Deseado, Puerto San Julián, Puerto Santa Cruz, Río Grande, Ushuaia |
| LAN Airlines | Punta Arenas, Santiago de Chile, Stanley |
| LAN Argentina | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque |