Santa Rosa Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Santa Rosa) is an airport in
La Pampa Province
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
History
In ...
,
Argentina serving the cities of
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose.
Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
and
Toay
Toay is a town in La Pampa Province in 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 seco ...
. The airport is on the northeast corner of Santa Rosa.
History
The airport was built in 1940. 1 September 1940 was the first regular flight to Santa Rosa, a military
Junkers
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded there in Dessau, Germ ...
en route from
Buenos Aires to
Esquel Airport
Esquel Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Esquel, ) is an international airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the city of Esquel
Esquel is a town in the northwest of Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia. It is located in Futaleufú Depart ...
vía
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose.
Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
,
Neuquén, and
San Carlos de Bariloche Airport.
The terminal was built in 1971. In 1988 the runway was extended to . An
Instrument Landing System and
radio beacon
In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find relative bearing. But instead of employing visible light, radio beacons transmit electromagnet ...
were installed in 1996, and in 1999,
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 ...
took over management of the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Santa Rosa was previously a destination of
LADE Lade may refer to:
People
* Brendon Lade (born 1976), an Australian rules footballer
* Sir John Lade (1759–1838), a baronet and Regency horse-breeder
* Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904), a German banker and amateur astronomer
* The Jarls o ...
,
LAER
Laer () is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately south of Steinfurt and north-west of Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Sta ...
, and
Southern Winds. In 2007, 12915 passengers used the airport.
See also
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Transport in Argentina
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List of airports in Argentina
References
External links
FallingRain - Santa Rosa
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Airports in Argentina
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