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 edit
Statistics edit
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
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| 2005 | 489,100 |  10.74% |
5,779 | 8.28% |
173 |  10.82%
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| 2006 | 490,083 | 0.20% |
5,913 | 2.32% |
198 | 14.45%
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| 2007 | 569,497 | 16.20% |
6,005 | 1.56% |
234 | 18.18%
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| 2008 | 606,876 | 6.56% |
6,637 | 10.52% |
314 | 34.19%
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| 2009 | 568,764 | 6.28% |
6,275 | 5.45% |
226 | 28.03%
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| 2010 | 620,755 | 9.14% |
6,788 | 8.18% |
200 | 11.50%
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| 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) |
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| 2015 | 861,000 | |
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| 2016 | 890,000 | |
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| 2017 | 999,000 | |
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| 2018 | 1,089,000 | |
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| 2019 | 1,566,035 | |
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| 2020 | 355,000 | |
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| 2021 | 401,000 | |
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See also edit
References 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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