Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 7 ft / 2 m Elevation 2 m Province Buenos Aires Province | Location Río de la Plata delta 17/35 1,265 Code MGI | |
Owner/Operator FAA – Fuerza Aérea Argentina Serves Isla Martín García, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Address Isla Martín García, El Jagüel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Similar Aeropuerto Internacio de San F, Laguna de los Patos Internatio | ||
Martin Garcia Island Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de la Isla Martín García) (ICAO: SAAK) is the airport of Isla Martín García, a small Argentine island at the head of the Río de la Plata estuary, near the coast of Uruguay.
Contents
It features a small passenger terminal and a single long asphalt runway. Daily traffic consists of general aviation private and commercial (tourism) flights, especially on weekends.
Touch-and-go's are not allowed (strictly enforced) due to noise abatement restrictions to protect the birds nesting in the wildlife preserve next to the airport.
History
The island was under jurisdiction of the Argentine Navy since 1886, and naval forces were placed in it. In the late 1920s an airstrip was built, the precursor of the Martín García Naval Air Station (Spanish: Estación Aeronaval Martín García); this was expanded in the 1950s to support heavier aircraft. The air station become the "Martín García Island Airport" after jurisdiction was transferred to the Province of Buenos Aires.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level and it has one runway designated 17/35 which measures 1,265 by 30 metres (4,150 ft × 98 ft).