Ástor Piazzolla International Airport

Ástor Piazzolla International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Ástor Piazzolla"
IATA: MDQ – ICAO: SAZM MDQ Location of airport in Argentina
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Owner/Operator		Aeropuertos Argentina 2000[1]
Serves		Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Location		AU 2, Km 398,5 (B7612)
Elevation AMSL		71 ft / 22 m
Coordinates		37°56′03″S 057°34′24″W / 37.93417°S 57.57333°W / -37.93417; -57.57333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
13/31	2,200	7,218	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Total Passengers			110,565
Sources: ORSNA[2] and DAFIF[3][4]

Ástor Piazzolla International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Ástor Piazzolla") (IATA: MDQ, ICAO: SAZM) is located 7 km (4.3 mi) north of the center of Mar del Plata, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 436 hectares (1077 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.^[2]

Also known as Mar del Plata Airport, it provides domestic flights on Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral Líneas Aéreas, Sol Líneas Aéreas and Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE).

The existing terminal building was constructed in 1978 for the FIFA World Cup. In 1994, due to the Pan American Games, the terminal was expanded. On October 20, 1998, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 took over the airport.

This airport was named after Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina until 20 August, 2008. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner changed the name of the airport^[5] to Ástor Piazzolla, a musician who was born in Mar del Plata.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas operated by Austral Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
LADE	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Puerto Madryn, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Necochea, Paraná, San Antonio Oeste, San Carlos de Bariloche, Trelew, Viedma
Sol Líneas Aéreas	Buenos Aires-Aeroparque

References

1. ^ (Spanish) Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, official web site.
2. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Brigadier Bartolomé de la Colina" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)
3. ^ Airport information for SAZM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
4. ^ Airport information for MDQ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
5. ^ (Spanish) El aeropuerto de Mar del Plata fue rebautizado como "Astor Piazzolla", Article in Argentinian newspaper "La Prensa", retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

• Current weather for SAZM at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MDQ at Aviation Safety Network