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Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini) (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ), also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in Ezeiza in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-southwest of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires,[2] the capital city of Argentina. Covering 3,475 hectares (13.42 sq mi; 8,590 acres),[5] it is one of two commercial airports serving Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, along with Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. Pistarini Airport is the country's largest international airport by number of passengers handled—85% of international traffic[5]—and is a hub for international flights of Aerolíneas Argentinas, which operates domestic services from the airport as well. It has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. since 1998.[2][9][10]
Ministro Pistarini International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Buenos Aires metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ezeiza, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 April 1949 | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | Argentina Standard Time (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 67 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′20″S 58°32′09″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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  EZE Location in greater Buenos Aires  EZE EZE (Argentina) | |||||||||||||||
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The airport is named after Juan Pistarini, Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Juan Perón, who placed the cornerstone of the project on 22 December 1945.[11][12] It was designed and erected by Argentine technicians.[13] Its construction, which took four years to be completed,[14] was one of the major projects in the five-year plan of the first presidency of Juan Perón.[13] The airport was inaugurated on 30 April 1949.[14] When it opened it was the third-largest airport in the world.[15] A 1949 diagram[16] shows three runways crossing at 60-degree angles: 9,353 feet (2,851 m) runway 10/28, 7,220 feet (2,200 m) 4/22 and 6,892 feet (2,101 m) 16/34.
The Ezeiza massacre took place near the airport in 1973.[17][18]
Since December 2012, citizens from countries requiring an entry visa for Argentine nationals – including Australia and Canada – are charged a "reciprocity fee" to enter Argentina, equivalent to the price the countries charge Argentine citizens for a visa.[19][20] Until December 2012[19] the tax was collected, in Argentine pesos or US dollars, at the airport;[20] since then, the tax must be paid in advance online from the country of origin.[19] As of 23 August 2016, the Argentine Government (Presidential Decree No. 959/2016[21]) has resolved to suspend the collection of the reciprocity fee from US passport holders who visit the country for less than 90 days, for tourist or business purposes.[22]
In October 2012, Ezeiza Airport recorded the highest annual traffic growth of all the airports operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.[23] For this month, the airport handled 767,824 passengers, a 10.9% increase compared to the previous October; the volume of international and domestic traffic for October 2012 increased 8.7% and 108.3%, respectively, year-on-year.[24] Overall, 2012 traffic figures for the airport indicated a 7.3% increase over the previous year.[25] Figures for July 2013 showed that the airport handled 688,397 passengers, an 8.9% decrease over the previous year.[26]
Terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011;[27] as of December 2011[update], its facilities were in use by Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air France, and Alitalia for their operations.[28][29][30]
In March 2013, terminal B, with an area of 28,795 square metres (309,950 sq ft), was inaugurated, for use by Aerolíneas Argentinas and KLM.[31][32]
On April 14, 2023, the new Departures Terminal (Terminal de Partidas) was inaugurated. The new terminal features 50,000 square meters (538,195 sq ft) of open surface over 4 floors, with a projected capacity of 30 million passengers per year.[33][34] The old Terminal A became the new International Arrivals Terminal and the old Terminal C became the new Domestic Arrivals Terminal.[35]
Qantas withdrew its service to the airport in favour of Santiago in March 2012;[39][40] flights to Ezeiza Airport had begun in November 2008.[41] This followed Malaysia Airlines' termination of its Boeing 747-served Kuala Lumpur–Cape Town–Buenos Aires route in early 2012 to cut costs.[42] Aerolíneas Argentinas discontinued the Auckland stopover on the Buenos Aires–Sydney run in July 2012; Sydney was removed from the airline's network in April 2014.[43] South African Airways discontinued its Johannesburg–Buenos Aires service in March 2014.[44]
In June 2010, Qatar Airways launched direct flights between the airport and Doha,[45][46] but in August 2020 cancelled the route.[47] After a ten-year gap,[48] KLM resumed operations at the airport in October 2011.[49] Emirates launched services to the airport in January 2012,[50] but in August 2020 discontinued the route.[51][52] Turkish Airlines extended its Istanbul–São Paulo service to end at Ezeiza in December 2012.[53] Air New Zealand started non-stop flights between the airport and Auckland in December 2015,[54] but discontinued them in 2020.[55] United Airlines cancelled non-stop flights from Newark, New Jersey, in October 2019.[56]
In January 2018, Aerolineas Argentinas cancelled the non-stop flight to Barcelona.[57] Later, low-cost carriers LEVEL and Norwegian started long-haul flights to Ezeiza airport from Barcelona and London-Gatwick, respectively. The Norwegian carrier discontinued the route in April 2020.[58] Ethiopian Airlines and Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air launched new flights to Buenos Aires.[when?][59] Aerolíneas Argentinas started flights to Orlando in December 2019, but in March 2020 the route was discontinued.[citation needed] LATAM Argentina ended its operations in June 2020 and discontinued routes to Miami and Brazil.[60] In July 2020, American Airlines discontinued its Los Angeles route.[61]
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| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 6,365,989 |  14.34% | 62,048 | 6.10% | 177,358 | 1.41% |
| 2006 | 6,867,596 | 7.88% | 63,693 | 2.65% | 187,415 | 5.67% |
| 2007 | 7,487,779 | 9.03% | 70,576 | 10.81% | 204,909 | 9.33% |
| 2008 | 8,012,794 | 7.01% | 71,037 | 0.65% | 205,506 | 0.29% |
| 2009 | 7,910,048 |  1.28% | 67,488 | 5.00% | 162,806 | 20.78% |
| 2010 | 8,786,807 | 11.08% | 65,063 | 3.59% | 212,890 | 30.96% |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005–2010) | ||||||
| Rank | City | Passengers |
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| 1 | Santiago, Chile | 1,130,000 |
| 2 | Miami, USA | 1,001,000 |
| 3 | Lima, Peru | 896,000 |
| 4 | Madrid, Spain | 815,000 |
| 5 | São Paulo, Brazil | 739,000 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 654,000 |
| 7 | Bogotá, Colombia | 372,000 |
| 8 | Rome, Italy | 332,000 |
| 9 | New York City | 329,000 |
| 10 | Panama City, Panama | 275,000 |
As of August 2011[update], Aviation Safety Network recorded 30 accidents/incidents for aircraft that departed from the airport or had it as a destination.[63] The list below provides a summary of the fatal events that took place at or in the vicinity of the airport.
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