General Enrique Mosconi International Airport
| General Enrique Mosconi International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Comodoro Rivadavia - General Enrique Mosconi |
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IATA: CRD – ICAO: SAVC
 CRD
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Militar | ||
| Operator | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||
| Serves | Comodoro Rivadavia | ||
| Location | Camino del Aeropuerto, Km 9. (U9000) | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 190 ft / 58 m | ||
| Coordinates | 45°47′24.20″S 67°28′07.80″W / 45.790056°S 67.468833°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 2,750 | 9,016 | Concrete |
| Source: DAFIF | |||
General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrigue Mosconi) (IATA: CRD, ICAO: SAVC) is an airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the city of Comodoro Rivadavia. It is the main hub from LADE and it's also served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and LAN Argentina
It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on November 1st, 1929. The new terminal was constructed in 1952.
It has a 3,415m² passenger terminal, 137,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar.
Since 2000 it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In January 2008, 21,439 passengers flew through Mosconi Airport, and in 2007 289,750 passengers.
Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940) was an Argentine military engineer, who is best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum surveyance and exploitation in Argentina.
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[edit] Accidents and incidents
- May 18, 2011: Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 - On a Córdoba-Mendoza-Neuquén-Comodoro Rivadavia route[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque |
| LADE | Alto Río Senguer, Bahia Blanca, Bariloche, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Córdoba, El Bolsón, El Calafate, Esquel, José de San Martín, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Paraná, Puerto Deseado, Puerto Madryn, Puerto San Julián, Puerto Santa Cruz, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, Río Mayo, San Antonio Oeste, Trelew, Ushuaia, Viedma |
| LAN Argentina | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque |
[edit] References
- ^ "Sol Líneas Aéreas Informa" (Press Release #1). Sol Líneas Aéreas. Retrieved on May 19, 2011.
[edit] External links
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