Ushuaia

Ushuaia International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia
IATA: USH – ICAO: SAWH USH Location of airport in Tierra del Fuego
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Administration
Location		Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Elevation AMSL		31 m / 102 ft
Coordinates		54°50′36″S 068°17′44″W / 54.84333°S 68.29556°W / -54.84333; -68.29556
Website		tierradelfuego.org.ar/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	3,030	9,941	Concrete
Sources: Argentinian AIP,[1] ORSNA[2]

Ushuaia International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia) (IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) south^[1] of the center of Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.^[1][2] The Airport is also claimed by Argentina as the airport for the disputed Falkland Islands.^{[citation needed]}

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 the Boeing 747. Tower Air used to operate such types into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operates 747-400s into the airport during events of high passenger numbers (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads). 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 Berlin, Germany, and First Choice Airways from the United Kingdom. It also offers charter flights to Maputo, Mozambique.

The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish), and could be translated as "Ushuaia – Argentine Falklands International Airport".

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Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, El Calafate, Rio Gallegos, Trelew
Gol Linhas Aéreas	Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos
LADE	Comodoro Rivadavia. El Calafate, Puerto Deseado, Puerto San Julián, Puerto Santa Cruz, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande
LAN Airlines	Seasonal: Punta Arenas
LAN Argentina	Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, El Calafate
TAM Linhas Aéreas	Seasonal: São Paulo-Guarulhos

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Spanish) SAWH - USHUAIA / Malvinas ArgentinasPDF (480 KB) at AIP Argentina
2. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)

External links

• (Spanish) Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas (official site)
• Current weather for SAWH at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for USH at Aviation Safety Network