Laguna de los Patos International Airport is the airport serving Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the oldest town in Uruguay and capital of the departamento of Colonia. It has a population of around 22,000.It is renowned for its historic quarter, a World Heritage Site...

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Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

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History

Former operators at Colonia Airport were ARCO, Aero Uruguay and LAPA

LAPA

Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas , more commonly known by the acronym LAPA, was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At its heyday, the carrier operated international services to the United States and Uruguay, as well as an extensive domestic network within Argentina. Additionally, the...

 flying between Colonia and Buenos Aires-Aeroparque

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 December 1969, an Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando, lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after take-off. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field...

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Presently the airport is dedicated to general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

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Access

The airport is located 17 km (11 mi) from downtown Colonia del Sacramento along route 1.

Future developments

There are plans to develop this airport in a partnership between BQB Líneas Aéreas

BQB Líneas Aéreas

BQB Líneas Aéreas is an airline based in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Its main base is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport...

 and the Uruguayan Government. These plans may be on hold since BQB decided to establish its hub at Punta del Este-Laguna del Sauce instead.

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