San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: 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]
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°09′04″S 71°09′27″W / 41.15111°S 71.15750°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aa2000.com.ar/bariloche | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, Tucumán, Viedma Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, El Calafate, Montevideo, São Paulo–Guarulhos |
| Andes Líneas Aéreas | Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos |
| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Seasonal: Campinas |
| Flybondi | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR) |
| JetSmart Argentina | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza |
| LADE | Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn |
| LATAM Brasil | Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos |
| Sky Airline | Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos (begins 2 January 2025),[6] Santiago de Chile |
Accidents and incidents
editAccidents involving fatalities
edit- 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 died in the accident.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche 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.[9]
Non-fatal hull-losses
edit- 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.[10]
Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at BRC airport.
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| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
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| 2005 | 648,569 |  10.94% |
8,730 |  1.47% |
589 | 43.66%
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| 2006 | 676,197 | 4.26% |
8,273 | 5.23% |
717 | 21.73%
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| 2007 | 724,010 | 7.07% |
7,830 | 5.35% |
660 | 7.95%
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| 2008 | 701,244 | 3.14% |
7,667 | 2.08% |
432 | 34.55%
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| 2009 | 748,400 | 6.72% |
8,782 | 14.54% |
269 | 37.73%
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| 2010 | 831,792 | 11.14% |
9,477 | 7.91% |
274 | 1.86%
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| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010) | ||||||
| 2022 | 1,980,000 | { | ||||
| Source: [1] (Years 2005-2010) | ||||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "SAZS/San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport Fact Sheet" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche" [San Carlos de Bariloche Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Airport information for SAZS". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Lieutenant Luis Candelaria International Airport, at Aeropuertos.net (accessed 2015-04-26)
- ^ "SKY Airline inaugura rota direta entre Guarulhos e Bariloche, na Argentina, com escala em Santiago". Aeroin\date=15 September 2024 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Accident description for T-3 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
- ^ Accident description for TC-72 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
- ^ Accident description for LV-JGY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
- ^ Accident description for TC-51 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
External links
edit- Official website
- Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
- Airport information for SAZS at Great Circle Mapper.
- Accident history for BRC at Aviation Safety Network