Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cataratas del Iguazú) (IATA: IGR, ICAO: SARI), also known as Mayor Carlos Eduardo Krause Airport,[1][3] is an airport in Misiones Province, Argentina, serving the city of Puerto Iguazú and providing access to the nearby Iguazú Falls (Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú). It is the easternmost Argentine airport served by scheduled flights. The airport covers an area of 1,804 ha (4,460 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.[1][2]
Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Iguazú | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Iguazú, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 916 ft / 279 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°44′10″S 54°28′25″W / 25.73611°S 54.47361°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aa2000.com.ar/iguazu | ||||||||||
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The airport is in forested countryside 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Puerto Iguazú, and 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of the falls.
Airlines and destinations
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edit| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2005 | 489,100 | 5,779 | 173 | |||
| 2006 | 490,083 | 5,913 | 198 | |||
| 2007 | 569,497 | 6,005 | 234 | |||
| 2008 | 606,876 | 6,637 | 314 | |||
| 2009 | 568,764 | 6,275 | 226 | |||
| 2010 | 620,755 | 6,788 | 200 | |||
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005–2010) | ||||||
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2015 | 861,000 | _ | _ | |||
| 2016 | 890,000 | _ | _ | |||
| 2017 | 999,000 | _ | _ | |||
| 2018 | 1,089,000 | _ | _ | |||
| 2019 | 1,566,035 | _ | _ | |||
| 2020 | 355,000 | _ | _ | |||
| 2021 | 401,000 | _ | _ | |||
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c "SARI – CATARATAS DEL IGUAZÚ / Mayor D. Carlos Eduardo Krause" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Aeropuerto de Misiones "Cataratas del Iguazu" Archived 27 November 2012 at archive.today at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
- ^ a b "Airport information for SARI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "$24 millones de inversión para nueva torre de control en Puerto Iguazú". 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Vuelos entre Resistencia y Puerto Iguazú: nueva ruta de Aerolíneas Argentinas". Aviacionline. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Operations data" (PDF). EANA. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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External links
edit- Official website
- Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
- Airport information for SARI at Great Circle Mapper.
- Accident history for IGR at Aviation Safety Network
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