El Palomar Airport
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| Location | El Palomar, Argentina | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 18 m / 59 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°36′36″S 058°36′45″W / 34.61000°S 58.61250°W | ||||||||||
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El Palomar Airport (IATA: EPA, ICAO: SADP), is a commercial and military airport in El Palomar, Argentina. It is the home base for the 1st Air Brigade (Template:Lang-es) of the Argentine Air Force, which is mainly a transportation unit. It is located 18 km (11 mi) west of Buenos Aires, near the El Palomar station of the San Martín railway line.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 59 feet (18 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 16/34 which measures 6,923 by 164 feet (2,110 m × 50 m).
It is located 2 km from Acceso Oeste Highway and 200 mts from San Martín Line's El Palomar station.
In February 2017, it was announced that Flybondi, a new low-cost carrier, would use the airport in 2018 as a base to fly to multiple destinations within Argentina.[3]. Other low cost airlines have since arrived at the airport, and began flying international routes.
Statistics
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Flybondi | Asunción[4], Bahia Blanca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Jujuy, Mendoza, Neuquen, Posadas, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Santiago del Estero, Trelew, Tucumán Seasonal: Punta del Este |
| JetSmart | Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago de Chile |
References
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Airport information for SADP at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Las polémicas “low cost” llegan a El Palomar
- ^ "Flybondi to cross the border in December with Asunción, Punta del Este services". MercoPress. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
External links
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