Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (, ) is located west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 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.
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.
Airlines and destinations
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 year2005191,202 2.09% 5,530 20.50% 882 15.03%2006197,785 3.44% 5,338 3.47% 786 10.88%2007201,623 1.94% 5,710 6.97% 703 10.56%2008199,567 1.02% 5,480 4.03% 611 13.09%2009244,728 22.63% 3,959 27.76% 442 27.66%2010236,792 3.24% 3,395 14.25% 563 27.38% Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics(Years 2005-2010)
See also
Transport in Argentina List of airports in Argentina
References
External links
RGL at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)
Accident history for RGL at Aviation Safety Network