Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport Explained

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport
Nativename:Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela
Iata:CTC
Icao:SANC
Type:Public
Operator:Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
City-Served:Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Location:Ruta P33, Km 22, Los Puestos (K4712XAI)
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-F:1556
Elevation-M:474.3
Coordinates:-28.5931°N -65.7508°W
Pushpin Map:Argentina
Pushpin Map Caption:Airport in Argentina
Pushpin Label:CTC
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length-M:2,800
R1-Length-F:9,186
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2016
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:90,192
Stat2-Header:Passenger change 16–17
Stat2-Data:43.95%
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat3-Data:1,485
Stat4-Header:Movements change 16–1
Stat4-Data:6.06%
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF,[1] 2016 World Airport Traffic Report.[2]

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the provincial capital city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.

The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
200548,629 N.A. 2,821 N.A. 244 N.A.
200643,897 9.73% 2,057 27.08% 130 46.72%
200744,477 1.32% 2,191 6.51% 65 50.00%
200836,469 18.00% 1,959 10.59% 76 16.92%
200941,212 13.01% 2,329 18.89% 61 19.74%
201031,428 23.74% 1,039 55.39% 51 16.39%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2006-2010)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for SANC. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANC. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. http://www.aci.aero Airport Council International