Posadas Libertador General José de San Martín International Airport

The Libertador General José de San Martín International Airport (ANAC: POS; IATA: PSS; ICAO: SARP) is located in the city of Posadas, province of Misiones, Argentina. The airport has an area of 329 hectares and is operated by the company Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. It is one of the two airports, along with Puerto Iguazú, that is enabled for commercial traffic throughout the province.

It has a 6,500 m² terminal, 67,740 m² of runways and parking spaces for 100 vehicles. In 2014, 133,873 passengers passed through the airport, making it the twenty-second busiest airport in Argentina. At its peak in 2015 it handled 178,864 passengers.

This airport is the headquarters of the Army Aviation Section of Monte 12 of the Argentine Army. The Argentine Air Force also uses it to fight drug trafficking.

General information

• Owner: ANAC (National Civil Aviation Administration)
• Chief of the Airport: Lic. Mariano Nicolás Ruiz
• Exploiter: Airports Argentina 2000 S.A.
• Administrator: Ing. Carlos D'aloia
• Address: National Route RN 12 km 1336 and Avenue Ulises López (West Access); 3300.
• Telephone reports:4457413 /414 (Airports Argentina 2000)

DESCRIPTION

The airport is located 15 km from the city center. It has a passenger terminal organized on three levels. Two for passenger use and a third level that houses the operating and administrative sector, has an approximately 6,700 m² surface. Its design is quite particular and unique throughout the country since its architecture is in a style of the 80s, it is very similar to the Asunción airport. The airport is not only used by the posadeños but also by the inhabitants of the North Correntino and by the inhabitants of the Paraguayan city of Encarnación to Buenos Aires. During the 2009 2010, important remodeling works were carried out, including reparation of paved track and platform areas (2009), the reconditioning of accesses, sanitary, health room and vertical circulation core of passenger terminal (2010).

means of transport from and to the airport

Airlines Argentinas with new book ready to return to Buenos Aires.

• Collectives: Lines 28 (23C - 27 B to roundabout access)
• Taxis: San Martín LTDA Remissions and Taxi Cooperative.
• Remises: San Martín LTDA Remissions and Taxi Cooperative.
• Micros: -
• Distance to city center: 15 km
• Telephone services:
  • Public telephones: Yes
  • Cabins in locutorios: NO
  • Internet: Yes

Parking

• Total parking positions: 100
• Covers: -
• Positions for the disabled: 2
• Pregnant positions: 2

Airlines and destinations

Regular destinations	Airport name	Airlines	Airplane	Weekly frequency
Argentina
Buenos Aires	Aeroparque Jorge Newbery	Airlines Argentinas Flybondi JetSMART Argentina	B737-700/800, E-190AR B737-800 A320-232	26
Córdoba	International Airport Engineer Ambrosio Taravella	Airlines Argentinas	E-190AR	4

Statistics

Highest passenger confluence routes in Posadas (2018)

Ranking	City	Passengers (2017)	Passengers (2018)	Passengers (2019)	Variation	Airlines
1	City of Buenos Aires, Argentina	205.938	214.425	196.891	-8,18	Argentine Airlines, Austral Airlines
2	Province of Buenos Aires (El Palomar), Argentina	N/D	49.115	93.581	+90,53	Flybondi
3	Córdoba, Argentina	535	28.300	23.485	-17,01	Austral Airlines

Incidents

• On 12 June 1988, Austral Airlines flight 46, crashed about 3km from the track due to low visibility conditions.

• On 10 October 1997, flight 2553 from Austral Airlines left Posadas Airport, but it crashed an hour later in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, in which 75 people died (all crew and passengers). This was the worst aviation accident in Uruguay to date.