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Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

Coordinates: 51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60889°S 69.31250°W / -51.60889; -69.31250
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Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesRío Gallegos, Argentina
Elevation AMSL66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60889°S 69.31250°W / -51.60889; -69.31250
Map
RGL is located in Argentina
RGL
RGL
Location of the airport in Argentina
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,550 11,647 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers236,792
Passenger change 09–10Decrease3.2%
Aircraft movements3,395[1]
Movements change 09–10Decrease14.3%
Sources: WAD[2] GCM[3] AIP[4]

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.

The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. The runway is the longest in Argentina.[5]

During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a polar route passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with Boeing 747-200 wide body jetliners.[6]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, Trelew
Flybondi Buenos Aires–Ezeiza[7]
LADE Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Río Grande, Ushuaia
LATAM Chile Punta Arenas, Stanley–Mount Pleasant

Statistics

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Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2005 191,202 Decrease 2.09% 5,530 Decrease20.50% 882 Decrease15.03%
2006 197,785 Increase 3.44% 5,338 Decrease 3.47% 786 Decrease10.88%
2007 201,623 Increase 1.94% 5,710 Increase 6.97% 703 Decrease10.56%
2008 199,567 Decrease 1.02% 5,480 Decrease 4.03% 611 Decrease13.09%
2009 244,728 Increase22.63% 3,959 Decrease27.76% 442 Decrease27.66%
2010 236,792 Decrease 3.24% 3,395 Decrease14.25% 563 Increase27.38%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005-2010)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
  2. ^ "Airport information for Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.
  3. ^ Airport information for Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "SAWG – RIO GALLEGOS / Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Airports with the longest runways in Argentina". Bigorre.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ar/ar89/ar8901-2.jpg [bare URL image file]
  7. ^ "Flybondi Adds Buenos Aires – Rio Gallegos From Feb 2025". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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