Resistencia International Airport

Resistencia International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Resistencia
IATA: RES ICAO: SARE
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Resistencia, Chaco
Location	Ruta N11, Km 1003.4, Resistencia (H3500)
Elevation AMSL	170 ft / 52 m
Coordinates	27°26′59″S 059°03′22″W / 27.44972°S 59.05611°W / -27.44972; -59.05611Coordinates: 27°26′59″S 059°03′22″W / 27.44972°S 59.05611°W / -27.44972; -59.05611
Map
RES Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,850 9,344 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 219,125 Passenger change 15–16 16.5% Aircraft movements 3,685 Movements change 15–16 18.6%
Source: DAFIF, 2010 World Airport Traffic Report.

Passengers	219,125
Passenger change 15–16	16.5%
Aircraft movements	3,685
Movements change 15–16	18.6%

Resistencia International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Resistencia) (IATA: RES, ICAO: SARE) is an airport in Chaco Province, Argentina serving the city of Resistencia, built in 1965 while the terminal was completed in 1971. It is also known as Aeropuerto de Resistencia General José de San Martín.

It has a 6,500 square metres (70,000 sq ft) passenger terminal, 128,850 square metres (1,386,900 sq ft) of runways, a 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres) platform (which can support large airliners such as a Boeing 747), parking for 150 cars and it is the base of the RANE (Región Aérea Noreste). In 2007, 99,169 passengers left Resistencia in 2,957 flights.

It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport, serving Corrientes, is 16 km (10 mi) from this airport, and it is usual to fly from one and return to the other.