Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport
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Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
02/20 | 2,800 | 9,186 | Asphalt |
Passengers | 90,192 |
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Passenger change 16–17 | ![]() |
Aircraft movements | 1,485 |
Movements change 16–1 | ![]() |
Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela) (IATA: CTC, ICAO: SANC) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the provincial capital city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.[citation needed]
The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, La Rioja |
Statistics
Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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2005 | 48,629 | N.A. | 2,821 | N.A. | 244 | N.A. |
2006 | 43,897 | ![]() | 2,057 | ![]() | 130 | ![]() |
2007 | 44,477 | ![]() | 2,191 | ![]() | 65 | ![]() |
2008 | 36,469 | ![]() | 1,959 | ![]() | 76 | ![]() |
2009 | 41,212 | ![]() | 2,329 | ![]() | 61 | ![]() |
2010 | 31,428 | ![]() | 1,039 | ![]() | 51 | ![]() |
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2006-2010) |
References
- ^ "Airport information for SANC". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for CTC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
External links
- (in Spanish) Aeropuerto de Catamarca "Coronel Felipe Vallese" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
- (in Spanish) Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
- American Jet s.a. (English or Spanish)
- Current weather for SANC at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CTC at Aviation Safety Network
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