San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche
San Carlos de Bariloche Airport; Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche
	IATA: BRC; ICAO: SAZS;
Summary
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Serves	San Carlos de Bariloche
Location	Ruta Nacional Nº 237 s/n
Elevation AMSL	2,776 ft / 846 m
Coordinates	41°09′04″S 71°09′27″W / 41.15111°S 71.15750°W
Website	www.aa2000.com.ar/bariloche
Map
	BRC Location in Argentina
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers
Total passengers	1,980,000
	Sources: AIP, ORSNA, World Aero Data, airport statistics for 2017

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,^[5] is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, Tucumán, Viedma Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, El Calafate, Montevideo, São Paulo–Guarulhos
Andes Líneas Aéreas	Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Seasonal: Campinas
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR)
JetSmart Argentina	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza
LADE	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn
LATAM Brasil	Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos
Sky Airline	Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos,^[6] Santiago de Chile

Accidents and incidents

Accidents involving fatalities

13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.^[7]
16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities.^[8]
21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.^[9]

Non-fatal hull-losses

16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.^[10]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BRC airport. See Wikidata query.

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
2005	648,569	10.94%	8,730	1.47%	589	43.66%
2006	676,197	4.26%	8,273	5.23%	717	21.73%
2007	724,010	7.07%	7,830	5.35%	660	7.95%
2008	701,244	3.14%	7,667	2.08%	432	34.55%
2009	748,400	6.72%	8,782	14.54%	269	37.73%
2010	831,792	11.14%	9,477	7.91%	274	1.86%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010)
2022	1,980,000					{
Source: [1] (Years 2005-2010)

References

^ "SAZS/San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport Fact Sheet" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche" [San Carlos de Bariloche Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.
^ "Airport information for SAZS". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Lieutenant Luis Candelaria International Airport, at Aeropuertos.net (accessed 2015-04-26)
^ "SKY Airline inaugura rota direta entre Guarulhos e Bariloche, na Argentina, com escala em Santiago". Aeroin\date=15 September 2024 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
^ Accident description for T-3 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
^ Accident description for TC-72 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
^ Accident description for LV-JGY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.
^ Accident description for TC-51 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.

External links

Official website
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Airport information for SAZS at Great Circle Mapper.
Accident history for BRC at Aviation Safety Network

[1] "SAZS/San Carlos de Bariloche International Airport Fact Sheet" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[ORSNA-2] "Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche" [San Carlos de Bariloche Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.

[WAD-3] "Airport information for SAZS". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Lieutenant Luis Candelaria International Airport, at Aeropuertos.net (accessed 2015-04-26)

[6] "SKY Airline inaugura rota direta entre Guarulhos e Bariloche, na Argentina, com escala em Santiago". Aeroin\date=15 September 2024 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2024.

[7] Accident description for T-3 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.

[8] Accident description for TC-72 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.

[9] Accident description for LV-JGY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.

[10] Accident description for TC-51 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 March 2012.

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