Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (, ) is located west of

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, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of

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. The airport covers an area of and is operated by

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. The airport was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of

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. The runway is the longest in Argentina. During the late 1980s, the airport was a scheduled stop on a

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passenger flight from

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and

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operated by Aerolineas Argentinas with

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wide body jetliners.

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Airlines and destinations

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