Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín") (IATA: PSS, ICAO: SARP) is located 7.5 km (4.7 mi) southwest of the center of Posadas, a city in the Misiones Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 329 hectares (813 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000[2][3]
Libertador General José de San Martín Airport Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín" | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
| Serves | Posadas, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 430 ft / 131 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°23′10″S 55°58′14″W / 27.38611°S 55.97056°W | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR) |
| Flybondi | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque |
Statistics edit
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
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| 2001 | 128,000 | - | 2,666 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | 93,000 |  27.35% |
1,684 | 36.83% |
- | - |
| 2003 | 101,787 |  4.30% |
1,297 | 22.98% |
- | - |
| 2004 | 122,000 | 25.77% |
1,484 | 14.42% |
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| 2005 | 113,000 | 7.38% |
1,482 | 0.13% |
564 | 8.25%
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| 2006 | 108,000 | 4.42% |
1,334 | 9.99% |
455 | 19.33%
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| 2007 | 65,019 | 39.80% |
863 | 35.31% |
313 | 31.21%
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| 2008 | 62,000 | 4.64% |
742 | 14.02% |
210 | 32.91%
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| 2009 | 114,000 | 83.87% |
1,325 | 78.57% |
345 | 64.29%
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| 2010 | 97,000 | 14.91% |
1,494 | 12.75% |
379 | 9.86%
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| 2011 | 93,000 | 4.12% |
1,319 | 11.71% |
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| 2012 | 96,000 | 3.23% |
1,361 | 3.18% |
- | - |
| 2013 | 111,000 | 15.63% |
1,431 | 5.14% |
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| 2014 | 129,000 | 16.22% |
1,529 | 6.85% |
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| 2015 | 175,000 | 35.66% |
1,948 | 27.40% |
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| 2016 | 174,000 | 0.57 |
1,964 | 0.82% |
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| 2017 | 209,000 | 20.11% |
2,190 | 11.51% |
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| 2018 | 295,000 | 41.15% |
3,188 | 45.57% |
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| 2019 | 320,000 | 8.47% |
3,103 | 2.67% |
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| 2020 | 64,000 | 80.00% |
666 | 78.54% |
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| 2021 | 141,000 | 120.31% |
1,390 | 108.71% |
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| 2022 | 228,000 | 61.70% |
1,925 | 38.49% |
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| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010). Aviación Civil Argentina (2011-2022). | ||||||
Accidents and incidents edit
On June 12, 1988, Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 undershot the runway, resulting in 22 deaths.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
- ^ a b "SARP - Posadas / Libertador Gral. D. José de San Martín" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-31. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
- ^ "Airport information for SARP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for Libertador General José de San Martín Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) N1003G Posadas Airport, MI (PSS)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
External links edit
- Posadas, PSS at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)
- Current weather for SARP at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for PSS at Aviation Safety Network
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