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General Enrique Mosconi International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public/Military

Hub for
  
LADE

Code
  
CRD

Phone
  
+54 297 454-8190

Yearly aircraft movements
  
9,155

Serves
  
Comodoro Rivadavia

Elevation AMSL
  
190 ft / 58 m

Elevation
  
58 m

Province
  
Chubut Province

Passenger count
  
577,480

General Enrique Mosconi International Airport

Operator
  
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.

Location
  
Camino del aeropuerto Km. 9 (CP 9000), Comodoro Rivadavia

Address
  
Camino Vecinal Dr. Mariano González Km. 9, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina

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General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrigue Mosconi) (IATA: CRD, ICAO: SAVC) is an international airport in the Chubut Province, Argentina serving Comodoro Rivadavia. The airfield is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) of the city, covers an area of 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi), and has a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) terminal.

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The airport is the main hub from LADE.

History

It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on 1 November 1929. The new terminal was constructed in 1952. The airport was named after the Argentine military engineer Enrique Mosconi.

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has been operating the airport since the early 2000s.

Accidents and incidents

  • 1956: An Argentine Army Douglas C-54A, tail number CTA-4, was damaged beyond economical repair at the airport, under unspecified circumstances. There were no reported fatalities.
  • 8 April 2004: An Argentine Air Force Twin Otter, registration T-84, force-landed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the airport. Despite the aircraft sustaining substantial damage, there were no reported fatalities among the six occupants.
  • References

    General Enrique Mosconi International Airport Wikipedia