Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport
nativename = _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas

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IATA = USH
ICAO = SAWH
type = Public
owner =
operator = Civil Aviation Administration
city-served =
location = Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
elevation-f = 71
elevation-m = 22
coordinates = coord|54|50|35|S|68|17|44|W|type:airport_region:AR
website = [http://tierradelfuego.org.ar/aeropuerto/ tierradelfuego.org.ar/...]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 9,186
r1-length-m = 2,800
r1-surface = Concrete
footnotes = Sources: AIPes icon PDF| [http://www.cra.gov.ar/dta/ais/aip/docs/244.pdf SAWH - USHUAIA / Malvinas Argentinas] at AIP Argentina] , ORSNAes icon " [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=51 Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas"] " at "Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)"] , DAFIFWAD|SAWH|source=DAFIF] GCM|USH|source=DAFIF]

Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas) airport codes|USH|SAWH is located 4 km (2.5 miles) south of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.

This small international airport was opened in 1995, replacing an older one. The airport has been used by various distinct airlines at different periods. It is the world's southernmost international airport and is often used by passengers as a cruise-ship gateway to the Antarctic.

Ushuaia International Airport is fit to receive airplanes as large as Boeing 747s. Tower Air used to operate such types into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operates 747-400s into the airport when high passenger demand (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads) demands. Two chartered Air France Concordes also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from Easter Island, Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on July 25, 2000. Condor and LTU also offered charter flights from Germany, and First Choice from the UK.

Airlines and destinations

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**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery" AEP
**Buenos Aires / "Ministro Pistarini International Airport" EZE
**El Calafate / "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport" FTE
**Rio Gallegos / "Piloto Civil N. Fernández International Airport" RGL
**Trelew / "Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport" REL

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**Comodoro Rivadavia / "General Enrique Mosconi International Airport" CRD
**El Calafate / "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport" FTE
**Puerto Deseado / "Puerto Deseado Airport" PUD
**Puerto San Julián / "Puerto San Julián Airport" ULA
**Puerto Santa Cruz / "Puerto Santa Cruz Airport" RZA
**Rio Gallegos / "Piloto Civil N. Fernández International Airport" RGL
**Rio Grande / "Hermes Quijada International Airport" RGA

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**Punta Arenas / "Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport" PUQ
**Santiago de Chile / "Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport" SCL

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**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery" AEP
**El Calafate / "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport" FTE

Charter Airlines

*Aerovias DAP (Punta Arenas, Puerto Williams)

*ATA Airlines (Miami)

References

External links

* [http://tierradelfuego.org.ar/aeropuerto/ Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas] (official site)
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