Esquel Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Esquel, ) is an international airport in

Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes rang ...

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

Esquel Esquel is a town in the northwest of Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia. It is located in Futaleufú Department, of which it is the government seat. The town's name derives from one of two Tehuelche words: one meaning "marsh" and the other ...

. It was built in 1944, and was officially inaugurated on April 17, 1945. The new terminal was constructed in 1978. The only runway was paved in 1973, and re-paved in 1999 because it was badly damaged. It has a 1,050m² passenger terminal, 96,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar. Since 1998, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2010, 21,561 passengers flew through Esquel Airport. The airport closed temporarily in May 2008 because of volcanic activities in El Chaitén, Chile.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

External links

Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

References

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