Villa Reynolds Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Argentina}}

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| name = Villa Reynolds Airport

| nativename = Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds

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| type = Military/Public

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| operator = Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

| city-served = Villa Mercedes, Argentina

| location = Villa Reynolds

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| footnotes = Sources: ORSNA,{{cite web|title= Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds|language= es|trans-title= Villa Reynolds Airport|url= http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.aspx?cod_aero=54|work= Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)|access-date= 3 March 2012|archive-url= https://archive.today/20121127015335/http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.aspx?cod_aero=54|archive-date= 27 November 2012|url-status= dead}} WAD{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOR|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for SAOR|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Google Maps{{cite web |title=Villa Reynolds Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.7257133,-65.3777852,3009m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google |access-date=6 April 2019}}

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Villa Reynolds Airport ({{langx|es|link=no|Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds}}) {{airport codes|VME|SAOR}} is a joint military/general aviation airport serving Villa Mercedes, a city in the San Luis Province of Argentina. It is {{convert|8|km}} southeast of Villa Mercedes, in Villa Reynolds, a village serving an Argentine Air Force base.

The airport covers an area of {{convert|80|ha|acre}}, and has a {{convert|1000|sqm|adj=on}} terminal. Runway 10/28 is closed. The Villa Reynolds VOR-DME (Ident: RYD) and non-directional beacon (Ident: RYD) are located on the field.{{cite web |title=Villa Reynolds VOR |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/RYD/Villa_Reynolds_VOR-DME_AR/ |website=Our Airports |access-date=6 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Villa Reynolds NDB |url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/RYD/Villa_Reynolds_NDB_AR/ |website=Our Airports |access-date=6 April 2019}}

Airlines and destinations

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|LADE | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Merlo

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Accidents and incidents

  • 7 August 1971: An Argentine Air Force Douglas C-47A, tail number TC-31, experienced an engine fire during takeoff. The aircraft was written off, but there were no fatalities.{{ASN accident|title= TC-31|id= 19710807-0|accessdate= 3 March 2012}}

See also

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