Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) (IATA: IGR, ICAO: SARI), also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport,[2][4] is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and providing access to the nearby Iguazú Falls (Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú). It is the easternmost Argentine airport served by scheduled flights. The airport covers an area of 1,804 ha (4,460 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000[2][3]

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesPuerto Iguazú, Argentina
Elevation AMSL916 ft / 279 m
Coordinates25°44′10″S 54°28′25″W
Map
IGR
Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers893,945[1]
Passenger change 15–163.6%
Aircraft movements8,721
Movements change 15–164%
Sources: AIP[2] ORSNA[3] WAD[4] GCM[5]

The airport is in forested countryside 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Puerto Iguazú, and 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of the falls. The Cataratas Del Iguazu VOR-DME (Ident: IGU) is located on the field.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airport terminal, airside
AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta, Tucumán
Flybondi Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
JetSmart Argentina Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Salta[7]

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2005 489,10010.74%5,779 8.28%17310.82%
2006 490,083 0.20%5,913 2.32%19814.45%
2007 569,49716.20%6,005 1.56%23418.18%
2008 606,876 6.56%6,63710.52%31434.19%
2009 568,764 6.28%6,275 5.45%22628.03%
2010 620,755 9.14%6,788 8.18%20011.50%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005–2010)
Traffic by calendar year. Official EANA Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2015 861,000__
2016 890,000__
2017 999,000__
2018 1,089,000__
EANA [8]

See also

References

  1. "$24 millones de inversión para nueva torre de control en Puerto Iguazú". 3 April 2014.
  2. "SARI – CATARATAS DEL IGUAZÚ / Mayor D. Carlos Eduardo Krause" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
  3. Aeropuerto de Misiones "Cataratas del Iguazu" Archived 27 November 2012 at archive.today at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
  4. "Airport information for SARI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  5. Airport information for Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  6. "Cataratas Del Iguazu VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. "Los vuelos de JetSMART en Argentina". Aviacionline (in Spanish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. "Operations data" (PDF). EANA. Retrieved 17 January 2019.


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