Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport

Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Tucumán
IATA: TUC – ICAO: SANT
TUC
Location of airport in Argentina
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves Tucumán Province, Argentina
Location Ruta A016 Km9. (T4117) CEVIL POZO
Elevation AMSL 1,495 ft / 456 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,900 9,515 Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Total passengers 365,413
Total movements 8,866
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (IATA: TUC, ICAO: SANT) is the international airport that serves Tucumán Province in the north of Argentina. It was built in 1981, and its terminal was inaugurated on 12 October 1986. This airport replaced the old one, located on the Ninth of July Park, because of its bad location (600 metres (1,969 ft) from the Plaza Independencia). The old airport had just one short runway 17/35 of (1600m/5000ft) and it was closed in 1987. Now the Bus Main Station uses parts of the appron of the airport, while the Music School from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán uses its passenger terminal.

The Departing Sector was rebuilt in 2005. It can handle big aircraft such as the Airbus 310, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Antonov An-124.

It has 135,000 m² of runways, 21,250 m² of taxiways, a 6,985 m² terminal, two hangars of 1,840 m², and parking places for 278 cars. It has a small cargo terminal of 50 m². Cargo flights are important. Tucumán is the fourth most important Airport in Argentina in order of Tons of Cargo (after Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Córdoba and Mendoza). Most of cargo flights are scheduled between September and November, taking fresh fruits to United States.

In 1988, it handled 710,000 passengers. In 1998, 568,000. And in 2008, just 287,000 passengers. Traffic is anyway improving: 193,000 passengers in 2007; 287,000 in 2008 and 365,000 in 2009.

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Airlines

Airlines Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
Austral Líneas Aéreas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
LAN Argentina Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
Sol Líneas Aéreas Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza

Ground transportation

Tucumán International Airport has direct public transport links to San Miguel de Tucumán served by Bus nº 121 to the Bus Terminal Station, through AV. Avellaneda. Route A016 (continuation from Av. Sarmiento) provides access to the City Center. Taxis and rental cars are available as well, as is the case in most airports.

Approximate time and cost to city center:

References

  1. ^ Airport information for SANT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for TUC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

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