Artigas Airport
Artigas International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Artigas, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 410 ft / 125 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°24′03″S 56°30′30″W / 30.40083°S 56.50833°W | ||||||||||||||
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Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay. The airport is 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.
The airport was opened in November 1973.
The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1 km) off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nautical miles (109 km) west of the airport.[4][5]
Accidents and incidents
- 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.[6] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.
See also
References
- ^ Airport information for Artigas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Artigas Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Artigas Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Monte Caseros VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Artigas NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Accident description CX-BJH/T511". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.