- Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional de Rosario - Islas Malvinas
IATA = ROS
ICAO = SAAR
type = Public / Military
owner =
operator = Province of Santa Fe
city-served = Rosario,Santa Fe Province ,Argentina
location = Av. Jorge Newbery S/N. (S2000) ROSARIO
elevation-f = 184
elevation-m = 56
coordinates = coord|32|54|13|S|060|47|06|W|type:airport_region:AR
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 02/20
r1-length-m = 3,000
r1-length-f = 9,841
r1-surface =Concrete
footnotes = Sources: AIPes icon PDF| [http://www.cra.gov.ar/dta/ais/aip/docs/84.pdf SAAR - Rosario / Islas Malvinas] at AIP Argentina] , ORSNAes icon " [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=35 Aeropuerto Internacional Rosario "Islas Malvinas"] " at "Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)"] ,DAFIF WAD|SAAR|source=DAFIF ] GCM|ROS|source=DAFIF ]Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Rosario - Islas Malvinas) airport codes|ROS|SAAR is located 13 km (8 miles) west-northwest from the center of Rosario, a city in the
Santa Fe Province ofArgentina . The airport covers an area of 550hectare s (1359acre s) and is operated by the Province of Santa Fe.The airport serves the
Greater Rosario area and is the main hub forSol Líneas Aéreas and is also served byAerolíneas Argentinas ,Gol Transportes Aéreos andLAN Argentina . There are domestic flights within Argentina from Rosario toBuenos Aires , Córdoba,Mar del Plata (via Buenos Aires), Mendoza (vía Còrdoba), Santa Fé andVilla Gesell (via Buenos Aires) cities as well as international services to Santiago de Chile,Porto Alegre, Brazil , andPunta del Este, Uruguay (direct flight in summer and via Buenos Aires in fall, winter and spring).Since june 2008 the uruguayan airline
PLUNA vill fly from Rosario toMontevideo (Uruguay ).The airport is located at an altitude of 82 feet (25 m) and its longest
runway measures 9843 feet (3 kilometres).A new terminal was constructed between 2003 and 2004, making Rosario effectively an international airport. Because of being so close to
Buenos Aires (340km), direct flights between them are not common.In the first years of the 21st century the Rosario Airport has progressively lost air traffic volume, even after it was updated and expanded in 2003–2004. In 2005 there were only 1,807 flights, about 75% less than in 2000. Among the reasons cited are low ticket prices compared to the increased cost of fuel, the lack of a national air transportation policy, and the existence of a cheaper and fast alternative (the
Rosario-Buenos Aires Highway ).Fact|date=April 2008Airlines and destinations
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Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Santa Fe)
*Cubana de Aviacion (Córdoba, Havana) [seasonal]
*Gol Transportes Aéreos (Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Río de Janeiro)
*LAN Airlines (Córdoba)
* Pluna (Montevideo)
*Sol Líneas Aéreas (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Punta del Este, Santa Fe, Villa Gesell)References
External links
* " [http://www.rosario.com.ar/aeropue.htm El Aeropuerto Internacional de Rosario] " at City of Rosario website
* " [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=35 Aeropuerto Internacional Rosario "Islas Malvinas"] " at "Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos"
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