Las Higueras Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Argentina}}
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| name = Las Higueras Airport
| nativename = Area De Material Airport
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| ICAO = SAOC
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| type = Military/Public
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| operator = Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
| city-served = Río Cuarto, Argentina
| location = Las Higueras
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| elevation-f = 1381
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|05|10|S|64|15|41|W|display=inline,title}}
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| r1-number = 05/23
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| r1-length-m = 2265
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 18/36
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| footnotes = Sources: WAD{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOC|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for Rio Cuarto Area De Material Airport|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Google Maps{{cite web |title=Rio Cuarto Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rio+Cuarto+Airport/@-33.094636,-64.2696627,3792m/data=!3m2!1e3!5s0x95cdfe457f823c1b:0xad0170a7056690fc!4m5!3m4!1s0x95cdfe5f7306f9f3:0xc0c8e0602ba9db49!8m2!3d-33.0961076!4d-64.2778677 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google |accessdate=27 April 2019}} SkyVector{{cite web |title=Rio Cuarto/Area De Material Airport |url=https://skyvector.com/airport/SAOC/Rio-Cuarto-Area-De-Material-Airport |website=SkyVector |accessdate=27 April 2019}}
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Las Higueras Airport {{airport codes|RCU|SAOC}} is an airport serving Río Cuarto, a city in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport is {{convert|7|km|0}} northeast of Río Cuarto, near the suburb of Las Higueras.
Runway lengths do not include blast pads of {{convert|250|m}} on Runway 05 and {{convert|125|m}} on Runway 23.
The Rio Cuarto VOR (Ident: TRC) and non-directional beacon (Ident: R) are located on the field.{{cite web |title=Rio Cuarto NDB |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/R/Rio_Cuarto_NDB_AR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=27 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Rio Cuarto VOR |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/TRC/Rio_Cuarto_VOR_AR/ |website=Our Airports |accessdate=27 April 2019}}
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- 17 July 1958: An Argentine Air Force Douglas C-47A, tail number T-22, crashed upon takeoff following an engine failure.{{ASN accident|title= T-22|id= 19580717-1|accessdate= 29 February 2012}}
- 5 May 1969: An ANAC Douglas R4D-1, registration LQ-IPC, crashed on landing at the airport, killing all 11 occupants aboard.{{ASN accident|title= LQ-IPC|id= 19690505-0|accessdate= 29 February 2012}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Argentina}}
- {{portal-inline|Aviation}}
- List of airports in Argentina
- Transport in Argentina
References
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External links
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-33.0997/-64.2677 OpenStreetMap - Rio Cuarto Airport]
- {{GCM|RCU|Área Material Airport}}
- {{ASN|RCU|Río Cuarto Airport}}
{{Airports in Argentina}}
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Category:Airports in Córdoba Province, Argentina
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