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La Plata Airport
La Plata Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de La Plata) is a small airport serving La Plata, the capital city of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The airport is southeast of the centre of the city, and has a terminal. The former Runway 14/32 is closed. of the southern end of Runway 02/20 is closed, leaving a marked runway length of , with of paved overrun available on the north end. The La Plata VOR and non-directional beacon (Idents: PTA) are located on the field. As of 2023 no commercial flights fly into LPG. The nearest commercially serviced airport is Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires. See also * * *Transport in Argentina *List of airports in Argentina This is a list of airports in Argentina, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports ICAO location identifiers link to airport page at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos' (ORSNA), where availableMap of airports. Airport names sho ... References External linksOpenStreetMap - La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary. La Plata was planned and developed to serve as the provincial capital after the city of Buenos Aires was federalized in 1880. It was officially founded by Governor Dardo Rocha on 19 November 1882. Its construction is fully documented in photographs by Tomás Bradley Sutton. La Plata was briefly known as ''Ciudad Eva Perón'' (Eva Perón City) between 1952 and 1955. The city is home to two important first division football teams: Estudiantes de La Plata and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. History and description After La Plata was designated the provincial capital, Rocha was placed in charge of creating the city. He hired urban planner Pedro Benoit, who designed a city layout based on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
