Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández"
IATA: RGL ICAO: SAWG
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Location	Ruta N3, km 2618. (Z9400). RÍO GALLEGOS
Elevation AMSL	66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	51°36′31″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60861°S 69.31250°W / -51.60861; -69.31250Coordinates: 51°36′31″S 69°18′45″W / 51.60861°S 69.31250°W / -51.60861; -69.31250
Map
RGL Location of the airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,550 11,639 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 236,792 Passenger change 09–10 3.2% Aircraft movements 3,395 Movements change 09–10 14.3%
Sources: AIP, ORSNA,DAFIF, 2010 World Airport Traffic Report.

Passengers	236,792
Passenger change 09–10	3.2%
Aircraft movements	3,395
Movements change 09–10	14.3%

Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Rio Gallegos "Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández") (IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) west-southwest of the center of Río Gallegos, a city in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1150 hectares (2841 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.

It is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, LAN Argentina and LADE. It has 149,750 m² of runways, 74,690 m² of taxiways, 2,285 m² of terminal, and 2,187 m² of hangars. It was constructed in 1964, and the paved runway was inaugurated in 1972 with a Caravelle flight of Aerolíneas Argentinas. Rio Gallegos' airport has the longest runway in the country.