Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport
{{Short description|Airport in La Rioja Province, Argentina}}
{{For|the airport serving La Rioja, Spain|Logroño–Agoncillo Airport}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport
| nativename = {{lang|es|Aeropuerto de La Rioja}}
| IATA = IRJ
| ICAO = SANL
| pushpin_map = Argentina
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Argentina
| pushpin_label = IRJ
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
| city-served = La Rioja, Argentina
| location =
| elevation-f = 1449
| elevation-m =
| coordinates = {{coord|29|22|50|S|66|47|45|W|region:AR_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 03/21
| r1-length-m = 2860
| r1-length-f =
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2016
| stat1-header = Total Passengers
| footnotes = Source: WAD{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANL|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for SANL|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. GCM{{GCM|IRJ|Capitan Vicente Almando Airport}} Google Maps{{cite web |title=La Rioja Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-29.3809611,-66.7959594,3548m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website=Google Maps |accessdate=3 June 2019}} SkyVector{{cite web |title=Vicente A Almonacid Airport |url=https://skyvector.com/airport/SANL/Capitan-Vicente-A-Almonacid-Airport |website=SkyVector |accessdate=4 June 2019}}
}}
Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport ({{langx|es|Aeropuerto de La Rioja - Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid}}), {{airport codes|IRJ|SANL}} is the main airport in La Rioja Province, Argentina serving the city of La Rioja. The airport is on the northeast side of the city.
The airport was named after the Argentine aviation pioneer Vicente Almandos Almonacid (es) (1882–1953).[http://earlyaviators.com/ealmonac.htm Vicente Almandos Almonacid] at EarlyAviators.com
History
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The airport was built in 1948, and was officially inaugurated with an LADE Vickers Viking flight on October 11, 1948 (linking La Rioja with Buenos Aires vía Río Cuarto, San Luis, Santa Rosa, and Córdoba). The first terminal was constructed in 1951. In 1952, Aerolíneas Argentinas started flying to La Rioja.
In 1969, the old north-south grass runway was replaced by the current asphalt Runway 03/21. In 1978, a new {{cvt|940|m2}} passenger terminal and 70 car parking lot were added. In 1990, the terminal was air conditioned.
The La Rioja VOR and non-directional beacon (Idents: LAR) are located on the field.{{cite web |title=La Rioja NDB |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/LAR/La_Rioja_NDB_AR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=4 June 2019}}{{cite web |title=La Rioja VOR |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/LAR/La_Rioja_VOR_AR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=4 June 2019}}
Since March 16, 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
A virtual airline named Alas La Rioja once operatedout of this aitport, before cancelling flights in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/09/alas-la-rioja-llega-a-su-fin/|title=Alas La Rioja llega a su fin|website=Aviacionline|date=7 September 2023|access-date=9 September 2023|language=es}}
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; width:575px"
|+ Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics | ||||||
| style="width:50px"| | style="width:100px"| Passengers | style="width:75px"| Change from previous year | style="width:100px"| Aircraft operations | style="width:75px"| Change from previous year | style="width:100px"| Cargo (metric tons) | style="width:75px"| Change from previous year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005
|45,695 || {{decrease}} 2.37% || 1,916 || {{increase}} 8.19% || 211 || {{decrease}}16.60% | ||||||
| 2006
|48,755 || {{increase}} 6.70% || 1,791 || {{decrease}} 6.52% || 237 || {{increase}}12.32% | ||||||
| 2007
|41,155 || {{decrease}}15.59% || 1,416 || {{decrease}}20.94% || 105 || {{decrease}}55.70% | ||||||
| 2008
|34,070 || {{decrease}}17.22% || 1,448 || {{increase}} 2.26% || 81 || {{decrease}}22.86% | ||||||
| 2009
|41,415 || {{increase}}21.56% || 1,945 || {{increase}}34.32% || 96 || {{increase}}18.52% | ||||||
| 2010
|35,821 || {{decrease}}13.51% || 2,029 || {{increase}} 4.32% || 86 || {{decrease}}10.42% | ||||||
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010) |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-29.3843/-66.7975 OpenStreetMap - Capitán Vicente A. Almonacid Airport]
- [http://ourairports.com/airports/SANL/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports - Capitan V A Almonacid Airport]
- {{NWS-current|SANL}}
- {{ASN|IRJ}}
{{Airports in Argentina}}
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