Artigas Airport

Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay. The airport is 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

Artigas International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesArtigas, Uruguay
Elevation AMSL410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates30°24′03″S 56°30′30″W
Map
ATI
Location in Uruguay
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,278 4,193 Asphalt
05/23 582 1,909 Grass
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2] SkyVector[3]

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1 km) off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nautical miles (109 km) west of the airport.[4][5]

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.[6] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Artigas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Artigas Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. "Artigas Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. "Monte Caseros VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. "Artigas NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. "Accident description CX-BJH/T511". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
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