Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport () is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the provincial capital city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.
The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
+ Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo(metric tons) Change from previous year200548,629 N.A. 2,821 N.A. 244 N.A.200643,897 9.73% 2,057 27.08% 130 46.72%200744,477 1.32% 2,191 6.51% 65 50.00%200836,469 18.00% 1,959 10.59% 76 16.92%200941,212 13.01% 2,329 18.89% 61 19.74%201031,428 23.74% 1,039 55.39% 51 16.39% Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics(Years 2006-2010)
References
External links Aeropuerto de Catamarca "Coronel Felipe Valrela" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 American Jet s.a. (English or Spanish)
Accident history for CTC at Aviation Safety Network