Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar, Spanish: Aeropuerto Almirante Marcos A. Zar) (IATA: REL, ICAO: SAVT) is an airport in Trelew, Chubut Province, Argentina, named after the Argentine Navy Admiral and aviator Marcos Andrés Zar. The airport serves the cities of Trelew and Rawson.

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport Aeropuerto de Trelew Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar
IATA: REL ICAO: SAVT
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Operator	Government and London Supply
Serves	Trelew, Argentina
Elevation AMSL	141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates	43°12′35″S 65°17′00″W
Website	www.aeropuertotrelew.com
Map
REL Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,560 8,399 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Total passengers 252,594
Source: GCM[1] SkyVector[2] Google Maps[3]

The airport is 3 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of Trelew and 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province. It has a 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) passenger terminal and has parking for 128 cars. It is operated by London Supply.^[4]

The Trelew Almirante Zar Naval Air Base is on the airport, and has an Argentine Naval Aviation squadron flying P-3 Orions.

History

This airport replaced an airport noted as a pivotal site during the Trelew massacre. On August 15, 1972, 110 prisoners escaped from the Rawson jail and tried to hijack an Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC One-Eleven en route to Comodoro Rivadavia, in order to escape to Chile and from there to Cuba. Their plans failed, and 19 of them were killed by the army on August 22, at 3:30 AM.^[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba (AR), El Calafate, Mar del Plata, Río Gallegos, Ushuaia
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
JetSmart Argentina	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque (begins 30 April 2025)[7]

See also

• Argentina portal
• Aviation portal
• Transport in Argentina
• List of airports in Argentina