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Morón Airport and Air Base

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Airport type
  
Public / Military

01/19
  
2,850

9,350
  
Asphalt

Province
  
Buenos Aires Province

Owner/operator
  
Argentine Air Force

Elevation AMSL
  
95 ft / 29 m

2,850
  
9,350

Elevation
  
29 m

Phone
  
+54 11 4627-9402

Location
  
Morón, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Address
  
B1712HZL, Av. Figueroa Alcorta 500, B1712HZL Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Morón Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Morón) (ICAO: SADM) is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the center of Morón, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 439 hectares (1,098 acres). It is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Buenos Aires city and was the main airport in Argentina prior to the opening of Ministro Pistarini International Airport in 1944.

Morón was the base of the defunct airline CATA which operated between 1986 and 2004.

Also located at Morón are the following institutions:

  • the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica, an aircraft museum with historic aircraft on display.
  • the Instituto Nacional de Aviación Civil, a government organization providing training to civilian pilots and technicians.
  • a flying school operated by the Aero Club Argentino (Argentine Air Club)
  • Military use

    From 1951 to 1988 was the location of the VII Air Brigade (Spanish: VII Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, which operated various aircraft, including: Gloster Meteor, Morane-Saulnier MS-760, Bell UH-1D, Hughes 369, Sikorsky S-58T, Grumman Albatross, and T-34 Mentor.

    References

    Morón Airport and Air Base Wikipedia