Ushuaia Aeroclub
Ushuaia Aeroclub (Spanish: Aeroclub Ushuaia, ICAO: SAWO) is a public use airport serving Ushuaia, a city in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina.
Ushuaia Aeroclub Aeroclub Ushuaia | |||||||||||
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 Mural on one of the airfield's hangars | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ushuaia, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°49′22″S 68°18′15″W | ||||||||||
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  SAWO Location of Ushuaia Aeroclub in Argentina | |||||||||||
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The airport is along the western shore of Ushuaia Bay, a harbor on the northern coast of the Beagle Channel. The runway has 50 metres (160 ft) paved overruns on each end. Approach and departures will be partially over the water. The Aeroclub previously served as Ushuaia's international airport before the opening of Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport in 1995, whose east-west runway is only 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) directly south of the Aeroclub runway.
The Ushuaia VOR (Ident: USU) is located 1.2 nautical miles (2 km) southeast of the airport. The Puerto Williams VOR-DME (Ident: PWL) is located 24.5 nautical miles (45 km) east-southeast of the Aeroclub Airport.[3][4]
References
- Airport information for Ushuaia Aeroclub Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Caribbean and South America. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016. pp. B-266.
- "Puerto Williams VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Ushuaia VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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