San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

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San Carlos de Bariloche Airport
Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche
File:Aeropuerto Internacional Teniente Luis Candelaria (Bariloche).JPG
IATA: BRCICAO: SAZS
Summary
Operator Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Serves San Carlos de Bariloche
Location Ruta Nacional Nº 237 s/n
Elevation AMSL 2,776 ft / 846 m
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Map
BRC is located in Argentina
BRC
BRC
Location in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,703 2,348 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 834,765
Sources: AIP,[1] ORSNA,[2] World Aero Data,[3] Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 statistics for 2013[4]

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRCICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,[5] is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Córdoba, Rosario
Seasonal: El Calafate, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Aerolíneas Argentinas Operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
Seasonal: Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Córdoba, Puerto Iguazú, El Calafate, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras Seasonal:[citation needed] Campinas-Viracopos, Porto Alegre
Gol Transportes Aéreos Seasonal:[citation needed] Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos
LADE Alto Río Senguer, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Bolsón, El Calafate, Esquel, José de San Martín, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn, Río Mayo
LAN Airlines Seasonal:[citation needed] Puerto Montt, Santiago de Chile
LAN Argentina Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
PAL Airlines Seasonal:[citation needed] Santiago de Chile
Sky Airline Seasonal:[citation needed] Santiago de Chile
TAM Linhas Aéreas Seasonal:[citation needed] Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campinas-Viracopos, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos

Accidents and incidents

Accidents involving fatalities

  • 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident.[6]
  • 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities.[7]
  • 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos AiresBariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.[8]

Non-fatal hull-losses

  • 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.[9]

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2005 648,569 Increase10.94% 8,730 Decrease 1.47% 589 Increase43.66%
2006 676,197 Increase 4.26% 8,273 Decrease 5.23% 717 Increase21.73%
2007 724,010 Increase 7.07% 7,830 Decrease 5.35% 660 Decrease 7.95%
2008 701,244 Decrease 3.14% 7,667 Decrease 2.08% 432 Decrease34.55%
2009 748,400 Increase 6.72% 8,782 Increase14.54% 269 Decrease37.73%
2010 831,792 Increase11.14% 9,477 Increase 7.91% 274 Increase 1.86%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005-2010)

See also

References

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