General Enrique Mosconi International Airport

Not to be confused with Tartagal Airport – General Enrique Mosconi.

General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrigue Mosconi) (IATA: CRD, ICAO: SAVC) is an international airport in the Chubut Province, Argentina serving Comodoro Rivadavia. The airfield is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the city, covers an area of 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi), and has a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) terminal.^{[1][failed verification]}

General Enrique Mosconi International Airport Aeropuerto de Comodoro Rivadavia "Gral. Enrique Mosconi"
IATA: CRD ICAO: SAVC WMO: 87860
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Hub for	LADE
Elevation AMSL	190 ft / 58 m
Coordinates	45°47′07″S 67°27′56″W
Website	www.aa2000.com.ar/comrivadavia
Map
CRD Location of the airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,810 9,219 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 573,579 Passenger change 15–16 0.7% Aircraft movements 8,251 Movements change 15–16 9,8%
Sources: ORSNA[1] World Aero Data[2] 2010 World Airport Traffic Report.[3]

The airport is the main hub of Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE).

It was named after Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940),who was an Argentine military engineer, best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum surveyance and exploitation in Argentina.^[4]

History

It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on 1 November 1929. The new terminal was constructed in 1952. The airport was named after the Argentine military engineer Enrique Mosconi.^{[citation needed]}

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has been operating the airport since the early 2000s.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 November 2017, the longest non-stop flight ever made by the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom landed at the airport. The flight was part of the RAF's support in the search for the ARA San Juan (S-42) submarine which had disappeared days before. This flight also marked the first time an RAF airplane had landed at the airport since the Falklands War era.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR), Neuquén, Río Gallegos, Trelew
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
LADE	Bahía Blanca, El Calafate, Malargüe, Mendoza, Neuquén, Puerto Madryn, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, Ushuaia

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	271,777	6.34%	8,331	9.85%	1,128	5.42%
2006	277,009	1.93%	7,981	4.20%	1,361	20.66%
2007	289,750	4.60%	8,621	8.02%	1,080	20.65%
2008	235,292	18.79%	8,552	0.80%	1,849	71.20%
2009	338,473	43.85%	9,704	13.47%	868	53.06%
2010	389,595	15.10%	9,779	0.77%	1,203	38.59%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010)

Accidents and incidents

• 1956: An Argentine Army Douglas C-54A, tail number CTA-4, was damaged beyond economical repair at the airport, under unspecified circumstances. There were no reported fatalities.^[6]
• 8 April 2004: An Argentine Air Force Twin Otter, registration T-84, force-landed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the airport. Despite the aircraft sustaining substantial damage, there were no reported fatalities among the six occupants.^[7]

See also

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