Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

Coordinates: 25°44′10″S 54°28′25″W / 25.73611°S 54.47361°W / -25.73611; -54.47361
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Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Iguazú
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesPuerto Iguazú, Argentina
Elevation AMSL916 ft / 279 m
Coordinates25°44′10″S 54°28′25″W / 25.73611°S 54.47361°W / -25.73611; -54.47361
Websitewww.aa2000.com.ar/iguazu
Map
IGR is located in Argentina
IGR
IGR
Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Total passengers401,000
Sources: AIP[1] ORSNA[2] WAD[3] GCM[4][5]

Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) (IATA: IGR, ICAO: SARI), also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport,[1][3] is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina, serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and providing access to the nearby Iguazú Falls (Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú). It is the easternmost Argentine airport served by scheduled flights. The airport covers an area of 1,804 ha (4,460 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.[1][2]

The airport is in forested countryside 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Puerto Iguazú, and 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of the falls.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Baggage claim area
Last waiting gates at the airport
Airside of the airport
AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Rosario, Salta, San Salvador de Jujuy, Tucumán
Seasonal: Resistencia[6]
Flybondi Buenos Aires–Aeroparque
JetSmart Argentina Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza

Statistics[edit]

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 489,100 Increase10.74% 5,779 Increase 8.28% 173 Decrease10.82%
2006 490,083 Increase 0.20% 5,913 Increase 2.32% 198 Increase14.45%
2007 569,497 Increase16.20% 6,005 Increase 1.56% 234 Increase18.18%
2008 606,876 Increase 6.56% 6,637 Increase10.52% 314 Increase34.19%
2009 568,764 Decrease 6.28% 6,275 Decrease 5.45% 226 Decrease28.03%
2010 620,755 Increase 9.14% 6,788 Increase 8.18% 200 Decrease11.50%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005–2010)
Traffic by calendar year - official EANA statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2015 861,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2016 890,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2017 999,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2018 1,089,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2019 1,566,035 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
2020 355,000 Decrease _ Increase _ Increase
2021 401,000 Increase _ Increase _ Increase
EANA [7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "SARI – CATARATAS DEL IGUAZÚ / Mayor D. Carlos Eduardo Krause" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Aeropuerto de Misiones "Cataratas del Iguazu" Archived 27 November 2012 at archive.today at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b "Airport information for SARI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ Airport information for Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  5. ^ "$24 millones de inversión para nueva torre de control en Puerto Iguazú". 3 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Vuelos entre Resistencia y Puerto Iguazú: nueva ruta de Aerolíneas Argentinas". Aviacionline. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Operations data" (PDF). EANA. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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