Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto de Trelew - Almirante Marco Andés Zar
IATA = REL
ICAO = SAVT
type = Public / Militar
owner =
operator = Government and London Supply
city-served = Trelew, Rawson
location = Ruta 3, S/N. (U9100) TRELEW
elevation-f = 141
elevation-m = 43
coordinates = coord|43|12|35.20|S|65|17|01.70|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-m = 2,560
r1-length-f = 8,563
r1-surface = Concrete
footnotes = Source: DAFIF

Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport ( _es. Aeropuerto Almirante Marco Andrés Zar) airport codes|REL|SAVT is an airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the cities of Trelew and Rawson. It is the main hub from LADE and it's also served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and LAN Argentina

On August 22, 1972 it was a headline on every newspaper because of the Masacre de Trelew. 15th August, 110 prisioners scaped from the Rawson Jail and tried to kidnapp a BAC 1-11 from Austral Líneas Aéreas on route to Comodoro Rivadavia, and scape then to Chile and later to Cuba. Their plans failed, and 19 of them were killed by the army August 22, at 3.30am, on this airport. (Actually: it wasn't at this airport, it was at the old one. This one was build in 1980's).

This airport is 7km from Trelew and 26km from Rawson (capital city of Chubut). It has a 3,500m² passenger terminal and 126,000m² of runways. It has a parkplace for 128 cars.

It is operated by London Supply.

Destinations

* "'
**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery" AEP
**El Calafate / "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport" FTE
**Ushuaia / "Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas International Airport" USH

* "'
**Bahia Blanca / "Comandante Espora Airport" BHI
**Buenos Aires / "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery" AEP
**Comodoro Rivadavia / "General Enrique Mosconi International Airport" CRD
**Córdoba / "Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport" COR
**Mar del Plata / "Brigadier General Bartolomé de la Colina International Airport" MDQ
**Necochea / "Intendente Edgardo Hugo Yelpo Airport" NEC
**Paraná / "General Justo José de Urquiza Airport" PRA
**San Antonio Oeste / "Aeropuerto Antoine de Saint Exupéry" OES
**Viedma / "Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport" VDM

External links

* [http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=4] , Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos
* [http://www.aa2000.com.ar] , Aeropuertos Argentina 2000