Artigas Airport Explained

Artigas International Airport
Nativename:	Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
Iata:	ATI
Icao:	SUAG
Type:	Public
Elevation-F:	410
Coordinates:	-30.4008°N -56.5083°W
Pushpin Map:	Uruguay
Pushpin Label:	ATI
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Uruguay
Metric-Rwy:	yes
R1-Number:	11/29
R1-Length-M:	1278
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	05/23
R2-Length-M:	582
R2-Surface:	Grass
Stat1-Header:	Passengers
Stat2-Header:	Aircraft Operations
Stat3-Header:	Metric tonnes of cargo
Footnotes:	Sources: GCM Google Maps^[1] SkyVector^[2]

Artigas International Airport is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Department of Uruguay. The airport is 2km (01miles) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7nmi off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1nmi west of the airport.^{[3] [4]}

Accidents and incidents

• 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.^[5] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.

See also

• • • Transport in Uruguay
• List of airports in Uruguay

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Artigas
• OurAirports - Artigas Airport

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artigas Airport . Google Maps . Google . 21 February 2019.
2. Web site: Artigas Airport . SkyVector . 21 February 2019.
3. Web site: Monte Caseros VOR . Our Airports . 21 February 2019.
4. Web site: Artigas NDB . Our Airports . 21 February 2019.
5. Web site: Accident description CX-BJH/T511 . Aviation Safety Network . 1 August 2010.