Morón Airport is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the center of Morón

Morón, Buenos Aires

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, a city in the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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 of Argentina

Argentina

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. The airport

Airport

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 covers an area of 439 hectare

Hectare

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s (1,098 acre

Acre

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s). It is located about 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 city and was the main airport in Argentina prior to the opening of Ministro Pistarini International Airport

Ministro Pistarini International Airport

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 in 1944.

Located here is the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica

Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina

The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica is a museum located in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina dedicated to the history of aviation, in particular the Argentine Air Force.-History:...

, an aircraft museum

Museum

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 with historic aircraft on display.

External links

• Torre Aeropuerto de Moron photo at Panoramio
  Panoramio
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• Current weather for Morón at Servicio Meteorológico Nacional