Artigas International Airport is an airport serving
Artigas, capital of the
Artigas Province
Artigas Department ( es, Departamento de Artigas, ) is the northernmost department of Uruguay, located in its northwestern region. Its capital is the city of Artigas, which borders on the Brazilian city of Quaraí. Artigas Department has an area ...
of
Uruguay
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. The airport is west of the city, and is close to the border with
Brazil
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.
The airport was opened in November 1973.
The Artigas
non-directional beacon
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(Ident: AT) is located off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...
(Ident: MCS) is located west of the airport.
Accidents and incidents
*10 February 1978: a
TAMU
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Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to
Montevideo
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crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a
DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.
The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.
See also
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Transport in Uruguay
The transport network in Uruguay consists of 1,673 km of rail network, 7,743 km of paved roads, 1,600 km of navigable waterways, and 11 airports with paved roads.
Railways
Uruguayan railways have a total operational length of (al ...
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List of airports in Uruguay
This is a list of airports in Uruguay, sorted alphabetically by ICAO code.
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References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Artigas
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Airports in Uruguay
Airports established in 1973
Buildings and structures in Artigas Department