| Silvio Pettirossi International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción Silvio Pettirossi |
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| Front view of ASU Terminal | |||
| IATA: ASU – ICAO: SGAS
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Asunción | ||
| Location | Luque, Paraguay | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 89 m / 291 ft | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 02/20 | 3,353 | 11,000 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 733,810 | ||
| Statistics: DINAC[1] | |||
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (IATA: ASU, ICAO: SGAS) is Paraguay's main national and international gateway, located at Luque, suburb of the capital Asunción. It is named after the Paraguayan aviator Silvio Pettirossi and was formerly known as Presidente Stroessner International Airport, after Paraguay's former head of state General Alfredo Stroessner.
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The airport serves as hub for TAM Airlines also known as Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A., formerly known as TAM Mercosur and LAP (Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas).
The terminal building splits into domestic and international concourses, with 2 gates (5 and 6) and 4 gates (1 to 4) respectively. However, the airport currently receives only one domestic flight, handled at the International Concourse. The domestic concourse handles cargo, general aviation and charter flights.
On 3 August 2008, local newspaper Diario ABC Color reported that aeronautical officers at the airport were taking advantage of their positions by creating fake company entities that dealt with aircraft handling services[2], and thus violating safety operational guidances and procedures.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque |
| Aerosur | Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City |
| Gol Airlines | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
| PLUNA | Montevideo |
| Sol del Paraguay[3][4][5] | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este, Montevideo [begins January 15], São Paulo-Guarulhos [begins February 15] |
| TACA Perú | Lima |
| TAM Airlines Paraguay | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos |
The airport, located within Luque, may be reached from the city of Asuncion via the Airport Main Road (Avenida Aviadores del Chaco), which runs adjacent to nearby Ñu Guasú Park. Asuncion's local bus line 30-A links the city center with the airport's terminal.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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