El Palomar Airport
El Palomar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| Location | El Palomar, Argentina | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 18 m / 59 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°36′36″S 058°36′45″W / 34.61000°S 58.61250°W | ||||||||||
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El Palomar Airport (IATA: EPA, ICAO: SADP), is a military airport in El Palomar, Argentina. It is the home base for the 1st Air Brigade (Spanish: Primera Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, which is mainly a transportation unit. It is located 18 km (11 mi) west of Buenos Aires, near the El Palomar station of the San Martín railway line.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 59 feet (18 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 16/34 which measures 6,923 by 164 feet (2,110 m × 50 m).
It is located 2 km from Acceso Oeste Highway and 200 mts from San Martín Line's El Palomar station.
In February 2017, it was announced that Flybondi, a new low-cost carrier, would use the airport in 2018 as a base to fly to multiple destinations within Argentina.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Flybondi | Bahia Blanca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Jujuy, Mendoza, Neuquen, Posadas, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán |
| JetSmart | Santiago de Chile (begins January 2, 2019)[4] |
References
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Airport information for SADP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Las polémicas “low cost” llegan a El Palomar
- ^ http://aviacionchile.blogspot.com/
External links
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