Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
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Jorge Newbery Airfield Template:Airport codes, commonly known as Aeroparque, is an international airport Template:Convert northwest of downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref name="AIP"/> The airport covers an area of Template:Convert and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.<ref name=ORSNA /> It is located along the Río de la Plata, in the Palermo neighbourhood, and serves as the main hub for domestic flights in Argentina and South American destinations.
History
The airport was originally proposed by Mayor Carlos Noel in 1925.<ref name=atlas>Template:Cite web</ref> A number of feasibility studies and zoning disputes followed. In 1938, plans were submitted for an island airport connected via causeway to Avenida General Paz (then under construction).<ref name=ln>Template:Cite web</ref> A former wetland reclaimed in 1916 from the Río de la Plata and closer to downtown was selected instead, and the facility, designed by Aeronautics Secretariat engineer Víctor Acuña in 1945, was inaugurated in 1947 as Aeroparque 17 de Octubre (17 October Airfield).<ref name=correo>Template:Cite web</ref>
Initially served by a single Template:Convert runway, it began operations in January 1948 as the main hub for domestic flights from Buenos Aires as well as flights to Uruguay. Its first terminal was completed in 1951, by which time the runway was extended to Template:Convert.<ref name=reznik>Template:Cite web</ref> The airport was renamed following the 1955 coup against President Juan Perón in honor of the pioneer of Argentine aviation, Jorge Newbery, and was re-inaugurated in 1960 following work that expanded its main runway to Template:Convert, and also added a new terminal.<ref name=correo/> The Argentine Air Force had a small base built near the eastern end of the airport in 1965;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> at this site, President Isabel Perón was formally deposed by the military in the March 1976 coup.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A new terminal for national air carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas was inaugurated in 1981, expanding total terminal area to Template:Convert.<ref name=reznik/> Plans to merge Newbery with Ezeiza International Airport in a new facility located on an artificial island were revived in 1996 by a commission headed by Congressman Álvaro Alsogaray, though these plans were ultimately dropped.<ref name=ln/> Its operations, like those of all the nation's public airports, were privatized in 1998 and transferred to Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (part of the conglomerate owned by local businessman Eduardo Eurnekian).<ref name=reznik/> The runway was further extended by Template:Convert in 2007,<ref name=c07>Template:Cite web</ref> and work began in 2009 to create greater distance between the nearby Rafael Obligado Coast Highway and the eastern end of the runway.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Routes were added in March 2010 to destinations in Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Work began in 2011 on Terminals III and IV, totaling Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> These terminals were inaugurated in March 2014, effectively doubling the airport's passenger capacity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A recent increase in the number of airlines and flights operating at the airport has brought it to the limit of its capacity. Thus, the government decided to move all international flights (with the exception of those to Uruguay) to Ezeiza Airport from 2019. An expansion of the runway was completed during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to accommodate wide-body aircraft, such as the Airbus A330.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a push to connect tourists with domestic flights at the airport, the government allowed international flights to recommence.
Airlines and destinations
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Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,187,563 | Template:Decrease 1.77% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2001 | 4,411,179 | Template:Decrease28.71% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2002 | 3,891,699 | Template:Decrease11.78% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2003 | 5,342,894 | Template:Increase37.29% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2004 | 5,245,923 | Template:Decrease 1.81% | 84,844 | N.A. | 30,312 | N.A. |
| 2005 | 5,372,195 | Template:Increase 2.41% | 77,742 | Template:Decrease 8.37% | 26,415 | Template:Decrease12.86% |
| 2006 | 5,289,074 | Template:Decrease 1.55% | 79,223 | Template:Increase 1.91% | 13,471 | Template:Decrease49.00% |
| 2007 | 5,665,808 | Template:Increase 7.12% | 81,340 | Template:Increase 2.67% | 14,078 | Template:Increase 4.51% |
| 2008 | 5,687,221 | Template:Increase 0.38% | 85,793 | Template:Increase 5.47% | 14,690 | Template:Increase 4.35% |
| 2009 | 6,449,344 | Template:Increase13.40% | 91,676 | Template:Increase 6.86% | 13,700 | Template:Decrease 6.74% |
| 2010 | 7,558,149 | Template:Increase17.19% | 104,857 | Template:Increase14.38% | 18,945 | Template:Increase38.28% |
| 2011 | 8,250,971 | Template:Increase 9.17% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2012 | 8,849,465 | Template:Increase 7.25% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 2013 | 9,552,504 | Template:Increase 7.94% | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Source: Airports Council International: World Airport Traffic Report (Years 2005-2010) and other sources.<ref name=aero>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=atlas/> | ||||||
Accidents and incidents
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery is involved in many incidents from 1959 to 2025. Some of the crashes including LAPA Flight 3142 was one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Argentina's history
- On 11 January 1957, LADE Vickers Viking T-11 crashed on take-off. All 35 occupants perished.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 30 June 1961, Transcontinental S.A. C-46 Commando LV-FTO crashed on landing approach. Of 35 occupants, 24 died.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 17 December 1969, Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando LV-GEB lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after takeoff. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 11 May 1975, Vickers Viscount CX-AQO of PLUNA was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway.<ref name=ASN110575>Template:Cite web</ref>
- On 7 May 1981, Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901, a BAC 1-11, crashed on approach after a flight from Tucumán. All 31 passengers and crew were killed.<ref name="ASN LVLOX">Template:Cite web</ref>
- On 24 February 1999, Aerolíneas Argentinas MD-88 LV-VBY was destroyed by hangar fire.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 31 August 1999, LAPA Flight 3142, a Boeing 737-200, crashed during takeoff due to pilot error. 63 of the 100 passengers and crew were killed. Two people on the ground were also killed, raising the death toll to 65.<ref name="ASN LAPA-3142">Template:ASN accident</ref>
- On 19 April 2025, Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 1360, a Boeing 737 en route to El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, decided to return to the airport after the instruments of the first officer went dark. The aircraft entered a hold to burn off fuel before landing safely on runway 13 about four hours after departure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
- Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina
- Buenos Aires-Ezeiza International Airport
- List of airports in Argentina
- Transport in Argentina
Notes
References
External links
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