Presidente Perón International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de Neuquén – Presidente Perón) is an airport in

Neuquén Province Neuquén () is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Province a ...

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, serving the cities of

Neuquén Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers w ...

Cipolletti Cipolletti ( or ) is a city in north of the Patagonian . With a population of 87,492 inhabitants at the , Cipolletti is the third-most populated settlement in the province, after San Carlos de Bariloche and General Roca. Geography The city is l ...

Plottier Plottier is a city located in the Confluencia Department, in Neuquén Province, Argentina. The population is 40.000 inhabitants. It is about 15 km from Neuquén City, which turns this city into an important place for the population. Plottier ...

, Centenario, and

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. The airport is on the west side of Neuquén, a city at the confluence of the

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and

Neuquén River The Neuquén River () is the second most important river of the province of Neuquén in the Argentine Patagonia, after the Limay River. Rocks of the Neuquén Basin are fossiliferous, and the basin hosts what may become important fields of tight ...

Overview

The airport is suitable for landing large aircraft such as the

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or the

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. It has seven hangars, an

Instrument landing system In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to ...

, and

Precision Approach Path Indicator A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a visual aid that provides guidance information to help a pilot to acquire and maintain the correct approach (in the vertical plane) to an airport or an aerodrome. It is generally located on the left- ...

(PAPI) system.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

* 18 May 2011:

Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 was a passenger flight which crashed near Los Menucos, Argentina, on 18 May 2011, killing all 22 people on board. The aircraft involved, a Saab 340, was operating Sol Líneas Aéreas' scheduled domestic service f ...

– On a Córdoba- Mendoza-

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route which crashed shortly after takeoff. Killing everyone onboard.Sol Líneas Aéreas Informa
(Press Release #1).

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. Retrieved on 19 May 2011.

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Overview

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

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