Airport type Public / Military Elevation AMSL 18 m / 59 ft 2,110 6,923 Code EPA | Location El Palomar, Argentina 16/34 2,110 Elevation 18 m | |
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El Palomar Airport (IATA: EPA, ICAO: SADP), is a military airport in El Palomar, Argentina. It is the homebase of Argentine Air Force 1st Air Brigade (Spanish: Primera Brigada Aérea), located 18 km (11 mi) west of Buenos Aires, near the El Palomar station of the San Martín railway line.
It has been announced that the new Low-cost carrier Flybondi will use this airport in 2017 to fly to Iguazú, Córdoba, Bariloche, Mendoza, Resistencia, Salta, Neuquén, San Miguel de Tucumán, Ushuaia, El Calafate and Río Gallegos.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 59 feet (18 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 16/34 which measures 6,923 by 164 feet (2,110 m × 50 m).
It is located 2 km from Acceso Oeste Highway and 1 km from San Martín Line's El Palomar station.
This airport was being used as a second back up for Aeroparque Jorge Newberry (After Argentina's international airport; Ezeiza) due to maintenance of their runways around November 2010.