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Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport

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Serves
  
Concordia Federación

03/21
  
1,600

Code
  
COC

Elevation AMSL
  
34 m / 112 ft

1,600
  
5,249

Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport

Operator
  
Municipality of Concordia

Location
  
Monseñor Rosch and Suboficial Principal Tesce (C.P. 3200), Concordia

Concordia "Comodoro Pierrestegui" Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Concordia "Comodoro Pierrestegui") (IATA: COC, ICAO: SAAC), also known as Concordia Airport, is a domestic airport serving Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the city.

The airport covers an area of 94 hectares (0.36 sq mi; 230 acres) and has a 257-square-metre (2,770 sq ft) terminal.

Accidents and incidents

  • 15 November 1975: On approach to the airport inbound from Buenos Aires, an Aerolíneas Argentinas Fokker F28-1000, tail number LV-LOB, struck tree tops 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) short of the runway, causing the nosegear to contact the ground first, shearing off both the nose and the nosegear. There were no reported fatalities, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off.

    • References

    Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport Wikipedia
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