Las Higueras Airport Explained

Las Higueras Airport
Nativename:	Area De Material Airport
Iata:	RCU
Icao:	SAOC
Type:	Military/Public
Operator:	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
City-Served:	Río Cuarto, Argentina
Location:	Las Higueras
Elevation-F:	1381
Coordinates:	-33.0861°N -64.2614°W
Pushpin Map:	Argentina
Pushpin Label:	RCU
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the airport in Argentina
R1-Number:	05/23
R1-Length-M:	2265
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	18/36
R2-Length-M:	2075
R2-Surface:	Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:	y
Footnotes:	Sources: WAD^[1] Google Maps^[2] SkyVector^[3]

Las Higueras Airport is an airport serving Río Cuarto, a city in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport is 7km (04miles) northeast of Río Cuarto, near the suburb of Las Higueras.

Runway lengths do not include blast pads of on Runway 05 and on Runway 23.^[2]

The Rio Cuarto VOR (Ident: TRC) and non-directional beacon (Ident: R) are located on the field.^{[4] [5]}

Accidents and incidents

• 17 July 1958: An Argentine Air Force Douglas C-47A, tail number T-22, crashed upon takeoff following an engine failure.
• 5 May 1969: An ANAC Douglas R4D-1, registration LQ-IPC, crashed on landing at the airport, killing all 11 occupants aboard.

See also

• • • List of airports in Argentina
• Transport in Argentina

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Rio Cuarto Airport

Notes and References

1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for Rio Cuarto Area De Material Airport. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOC. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
2. Web site: Rio Cuarto Airport . Google Maps . Google . 27 April 2019.
3. Web site: Rio Cuarto/Area De Material Airport . SkyVector . 27 April 2019.
4. Web site: Rio Cuarto NDB . Our Airports . 27 April 2019.
5. Web site: Rio Cuarto VOR . Our Airports . 27 April 2019.