Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional de Jujuy - Gobernador Horacio Guzmán) is an airport in

Jujuy Province Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south. Geography There are three main areas in Jujuy: * ...

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serving the city of

San Salvador de Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...

. It is the northernmost Argentinian airport served by scheduled flights. It is located southeast of the city in

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. Inaugurated by Governor Darío Arias on April 19, 1967, it was originally named Aeropuerto El Cadillal. The airport was renamed in 1992 after Dr.

Horacio Guzmán Horacio Guzmán (February 16, 1913 – August 11, 1992) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jujuy Province from 1958 to 1962, and from 1963 to 1964. Life and times Horacio Gregorio Guzmán was born in the city ...

, governor for most of the period between 1958 and 1964, and by whose initiative the facility was built. It is operated by

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used Jujuy Airport before for refuelling long flights to

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and

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. In 1980, the airline was operating scheduled

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passenger flights from the airport direct to

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once a week via a stop in Bogota. The remodeling works inaugurated in 2019 expanded the airport's operating capacity, making it capable of operating up to four flights simultaneously: two through the sleeves and two remotely, with which it could handle more than four hundred passengers per hour. Each of its sleeves is ready to receive international flights.

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Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
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