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Airport in Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Río Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández", IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,150 hectares (2,800 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
Serves | Río Gallegos, Argentina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°36′32″S 69°18′45″W | ||||||||||
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The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. The runway is the longest in Argentina.[5]
During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a polar route passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with Boeing 747-200 wide body jetliners.[6]
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