San Carlos de Bariloche Airport () , also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,Lieutenant Luis Candelaria International Airport, at Aeropuertos.net (accessed 2015-04-26) is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of and has a terminal; it is located out of the city.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

Accidents involving fatalities 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident. 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities. 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.

Non-fatal hull-losses 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.

Statistics

+ Traffic by calendar year, official ACI statistics Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo(metric tons) Change from previous year2005648,569 10.94% 8,730 1.47% 589 43.66%2006676,197 4.26% 8,273 5.23% 717 21.73%2007724,010 7.07% 7,830 5.35% 660 7.95%2008701,244 3.14% 7,667 2.08% 432 34.55%2009748,400 6.72% 8,782 14.54% 269 37.73%2010831,792 11.14% 9,477 7.91% 274 1.86% Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics(Years 2005-2010) 20221,980,000 { Source: (Years 2005-2010)

See also

Transport in Argentina List of airports in Argentina

References

External links Official website Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

Accident history for BRC at Aviation Safety Network