Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport
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Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport is located 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northwest of the center of Santiago del Estero
, a city in the Santiago del Estero Province
of Argentina
. The airport covers an area of 526 hectare
s (1299 acre
s) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Also known as Santiago del Estero Airport or Mal Paso Airport, it was built in 1959 and the runway was re-paved in 2001. It has 109,000 m² of runways, 10,350 m² of taxiways, a 1,000 m² terminal, and place for parking 45 cars. In 2007, it handled 49,517 passengers. The airport does not handle international flights.
Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants, making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area of 2,116 km². It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of...
, a city in the Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.-History:...
of 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...
. The airport covers an area of 526 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
s (1299 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Also known as Santiago del Estero Airport or Mal Paso Airport, it was built in 1959 and the runway was re-paved in 2001. It has 109,000 m² of runways, 10,350 m² of taxiways, a 1,000 m² terminal, and place for parking 45 cars. In 2007, it handled 49,517 passengers. The airport does not handle international flights.
Airlines and destinations
External links
- Santiago del Estero, SDE at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)