Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) , also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport,
is an airport in
Misiones Province,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
serving the city of
Puerto Iguazú
Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (),
it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado.
The world-renowned Iguazú Falls are only away from ...
and providing access to the nearby
Iguazú Falls
Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls ( gn, Chororõ Yguasu , es, Cataratas del Iguazú, links=no ; pt, Cataratas do Iguaçu ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. ...
( es, link=no, Cataratas del Iguazú). It is the easternmost Argentine airport served by scheduled flights.
The airport covers an area of and is operated by
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A., sometimes abbreviated as AA2000, is a company based in the city of Buenos Aires that operates 35 airports in Argentina.
It was founded in 1998 to manage and operate airports within the Argentine territory, and pr ...
The airport is in forested countryside southeast of Puerto Iguazú, and south of the falls.
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Transport in Argentina
Transport in Argentina is mainly based on a complex network of routes, crossed by relatively inexpensive long-distance buses and by cargo trucks. The country also has a number of national and international airports. The importance of the long-di ...
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List of airports in Argentina
This is a list of airports in Argentina, sorted by location.
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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 links
Official websiteAeropuertos Argentina 2000*
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Airports in Misiones Province
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