Ástor Piazzola International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ástor Piazzola International Airport
nativename = _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Ástor Piazzola"


IATA = MDQ
ICAO = SAZM
type = Public / Military
owner-oper = Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 [es icon " [http://www.aa2000.com.ar Aeropuertos Argentina 2000] ", official web site.]
city-served = Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
location = AU 2, Km 398,5 (B7612)
elevation-f = 71
elevation-m = 22
coordinates = coord|37|56|03|S|057|34|24|W|type:airport_region:AR
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-m = 2,200
r1-length-f = 7,218
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Total Passengers
stat1-data = 110,565
footnotes = Sources: ORSNAes icon " [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=22 Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Brigadier Bartolomé de la Colina"] " at "Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)"] and DAFIFWAD|SAZM|source=DAFIF] GCM|MDQ|source=DAFIF]

Ástor Piazzola International Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata "Ástor Piazzola") airport codes|MDQ|SAZM is located 7 km (4.3 miles) 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."

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 Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina till August, 2008. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner changed the name of the airport [es icon " [http://www.laprensa.com.ar/2008/08/21/323707-El-aeropuerto-de-Mar-del-Plata-fue-rebautizado-como-Astor-Piazzolla.note.aspx El aeropuerto de Mar del Plata fue rebautizado como "Astor Piazzolla"] ", Article in Argentinian newspaper "La Prensa", retrieved 2008-09-25.] to Ástor Piazzolla, a musician who was born in Mar del Plata.

Airlines and destinations

* Aerolíneas Argentinas / Austral Líneas Aéreas (Buenos Aires)
* LADE (Bahia Blanca, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, El Calafate, Necochea, Paraná, San Antonio Oeste, Trelew, Viedma)
* Sol Líneas Aéreas (Buenos Aires)

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