Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport Aeropuerto de San Juan | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||||||||||
| Serves | San Juan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,949 ft / 594 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°34′20″S 68°25′05″W / 31.57222°S 68.41806°W | ||||||||||
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Juan – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) (IATA: UAQ, ICAO: SANU) is an airport in San Juan Province, Argentina, serving the city of San Juan. It is named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888), the seventh President of Argentina.
Planning to build San Juan Airport started on 15 February 1958. The plans were authorized in 1961, and construction started in 1971. It was almost finished by 1977, but was destroyed in the 1977 San Juan earthquake. Reconstruction occurred between 1977 and 1980, and the new airport was inaugurated on 25 February 1981. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
The airport became international in 1980s when Ladeco operated a flight between San Juan and La Serena, Chile and the service was later ended in mid-1990s.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR) |
| Flybondi | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque |
