Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport
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Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport is an airport in Jujuy Province
, Argentina
serving the city of San Salvador de Jujuy
.
Inaugurated by Governor Darío Arias on April 19, 1967, it was originally named Aeropuerto El Cadillal. The airport was renamed in 1992 for Dr. Horacio Guzmán
, governor for most of the period between 1958 and 1964, and by whose initiative the facility was built. It is located 33 km (20.5 mi) southeast of the provincial capital, in Ciudad Perico
.
Aerolíneas Argentinas
used to use Jujuy Airport for refuelling before long flights to Bogotá
, Los Ángeles
, Mexico City
and Lima
.
Jujuy Province
Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
serving the city of San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy , commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands....
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Inaugurated by Governor Darío Arias on April 19, 1967, it was originally named Aeropuerto El Cadillal. The airport was renamed in 1992 for Dr. Horacio Guzmán
Horacio Guzmán
Horacio Guzmán was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jujuy Province from 1958 to 1962, and from 1963 to 1964.-Life and times:...
, governor for most of the period between 1958 and 1964, and by whose initiative the facility was built. It is located 33 km (20.5 mi) southeast of the provincial capital, in Ciudad Perico
Ciudad Perico
Ciudad Perico is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina.The town was founded with the 1913 opening of the namesake station on the Central Northern Railway...
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Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aerolíneas Argentinas , formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., is Argentina's largest airline and serves as the country's flag carrier. Owned in its majority by the Argentine Government, the airline is headquartered in the Torre Bouchard, located in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires...
used to use Jujuy Airport for refuelling before long flights to Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
and Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
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