Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 85 ft / 26 m 5,905 1,800 Province Río Negro Province | Serves San Antonio Oeste 12/30 5,905 1,800 Asphalt | |
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Address San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina | ||
Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Antonie de Saint Exupery, IATA: OES, ICAO: SAVN) is an airport serving San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina.
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The airport is named after the French author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The airport's coordinates are latitude 40°45'05" South and longitude 65°02'04" West, with a runway of 1,800 metres in length.
Features
The terminal building is very similar in architectural design to others in the Patagonian region, basically of a simple, plain design with appropriately sized common areas which provides an acceptable level of service for the area's normal traffic. However the terminal building also features a mural by Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró in its main hall, painted in December 1989.
History
San Antonio Oeste's airport was renamed after the French writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who frequently surveyed routes in the country as the director of Aeroposta Argentina, the company that created a stopover airport at that location en route to Comodoro Rivadavia. A small museum exhibit was created in the airport's terminal building honouring its origins. The airport coordinates are latitude 40°45'04" south and longitude 65°02'03" west. It came into being on October 31, 1929 when a flight route began between Comodoro Rivadavia and Bahia Blanca, with stops at San Antonio Oeste and Trelew. The following day Aeroposta Argentina SA inaugurated its regular service to the airport.
Due to a lack of facility, runway and airport maintenance for over 20 years, commercial air services were discontinued to the airport in 2009. Currently only the local flying club and some private flights use the facility.