El Jagüel Airport is a

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

airport serving Maldonado,

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. The airport is in the El Jagüel neighborhood of

Punta del Este Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este later became internationally known as a resort for the Latin and North American j ...

, east of Maldonado. El Jagüel was formerly the main Punta del Este airport, but a major highway was built that cut from its length, leaving ; a

displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway. The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...

on Runway 01 further reduced the marked runway length to . Laguna del Sauce Airport now serves the main international and regional airlines. The runway pavement still extends south across the Av Aparicio Saravia highway, with only a wire fence across the runway to prevent an overrun from encountering traffic. The Curbelo

VOR-DME In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...

(Ident: LDS) is located west-northwest of the airport. The Curbelo

non-directional beacon A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are ...

(Ident: LS) is located west-northwest of the runway.

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OpenStreetMap - El Jagüel
* Airports in Uruguay Buildings and structures in Punta del Este {{Maldonado-geo-stub

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