- Esquel Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Esquel Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto de Esquel
IATA = EQS
ICAO = SAVE
type = Public
owner =
operator = Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
city-served = Esquel
location = Ruta 40, Km 1771. (U9200)
elevation-f = 190
elevation-m = 58
coordinates = coord|42|54|24.20|S|71|08|48|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 04/22
r1-length-m = 2,400
r1-length-f = 7,869
r1-surface =Concrete
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Total Passengers
stat1-data = 24,892
footnotes = Source:DAFIF Esquel Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto de Esquel) airport codes|EQS|SAVE is an airport in
Chubut Province ,Argentina serving the city ofEsquel . It is served byAerolíneas Argentinas andLADE (Líneas Aéreas del Estado).It was built in 1944, and was officially inaugurated on April 17,
1945 . The new terminal was constructed in 1978. The only runway was paved in 1973, and re-paved in 1999 because it was badly hurt.It has a 1,050m² passenger terminal, 96,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar.
Since
1998 it has been operated byAeropuertos Argentina 2000 . In January 2008, 2,753 passengers flew through Esquel Airport, and in 2007 24,892 passengers.Currently (May 2008) operations suspended because of Volcanic Activities in El Chaitén, Chile
Destinations
* "'
**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery " AEP
**San Martín de los Andes / "Aviador Carlos Campos Airport " CPC* "'
**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery " (Starts July 2008) AEP
**Puerto Madryn / "El Tehuelche Airport " (Starts July 2008) PMY* "'
**Alto Río Senguer / "Alto Río Senguerr Airport " ARR
**Bariloche / "Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport " BRC
**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery " AEP
**El Bolsón / "El Bolsón Airport " EHL
**El Calafate / "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport " FTE
**José de San Martín / "José de San Martín Airport " JSM
**Mar del Plata / "Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport " MDQ
**Puerto Madryn / "El Tehuelche Airport " PMY
**Rio Gallegos / "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport " RGL
**Río Mayo / "Río Mayo Airport " ROY
**Ushuaia / "Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport " USHExternal links
* [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=11] , Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
* [http://www.aa2000.com.ar] , Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
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