Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de San Juan – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) is an airport in
San Juan Province, Argentina, serving the city of
San Juan. It is named after
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing s ...
, the seventh
President of Argentina.
Planning to build San Juan Airport started on 15 February 1958. The plans were authorized in 1961, and construction started in 1971. It was almost finished by 1977, but was destroyed in the
1977 San Juan earthquake
The 1977 San Juan earthquake, also known as Caucete earthquake, took place in the province of San Juan, Argentina, on 23 November at 06:26:26 AM. It measured 7.4 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X ('' ...
. Reconstruction occurred between 1977 and 1980, and the new airport was inaugurated on 25 February 1981. It is operated by
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
References
External links
FallingRain - San Juan Airport*
Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
Airports in Argentina
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