• Source: General Enrique Mosconi International Airport

General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional General Enrigue Mosconi) (IATA: CRD, ICAO: SAVC) is an international airport in the Chubut Province, Argentina serving Comodoro Rivadavia. The airfield is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the city, covers an area of 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi), and has a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) terminal.
The airport is the main hub of Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE).
It was named after Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940),who was an Argentine military engineer, best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum surveyance and exploitation in Argentina.




History


It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on 1 November 1929. The new terminal was constructed in 1952. The airport was named after the Argentine military engineer Enrique Mosconi.
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has been operating the airport since the early 2000s.
On 22 November 2017, the longest non-stop flight ever made by the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom landed at the airport. The flight was part of the RAF's support in the search for the ARA San Juan (S-42) submarine which had disappeared days before. This flight also marked the first time an RAF airplane had landed at the airport since the Falklands War era.




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Accidents and incidents


1956: An Argentine Army Douglas C-54A, tail number CTA-4, was damaged beyond economical repair at the airport, under unspecified circumstances. There were no reported fatalities.
8 April 2004: An Argentine Air Force Twin Otter, registration T-84, force-landed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the airport. Despite the aircraft sustaining substantial damage, there were no reported fatalities among the six occupants.




See also


Argentina portal
Aviation portal
Transport in Argentina
List of airports in Argentina




References






External links


Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Accident history for General Enrique Mosconi International Airport at Aviation Safety Network
Airport information for General Enrique Mosconi International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.

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