Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport
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Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport , better known as El Plumerillo International Airport, is located 8 km (5 mi) northeast of the center of Mendoza
, a city in the Mendoza Province
of Argentina
. The airport covers an area of 490 hectare
s (1210 acre
s) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
The terminal building is 12,800 square meters (137,778 square feet) and has 2 levels. There are 161 parking spaces at the airport, one infrecuently used arrival/departure lounge and 4 gates. The airport has very little domestic and international arrival and departures areas, considering the number of passengers it serves per day.
Address: Ruta Nacional 40, Acceso Norte, km 15 - (5539) Las Heras, Mendoza - Argentina
Phone number: +54 261 520 6000
Arrival time to Mendoza City downtown, about 20-25 minutes with cars, about 40-45 using public bus.
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
, a city in the Mendoza Province
Mendoza Province
The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...
of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The airport covers an area of 490 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
s (1210 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
The terminal building is 12,800 square meters (137,778 square feet) and has 2 levels. There are 161 parking spaces at the airport, one infrecuently used arrival/departure lounge and 4 gates. The airport has very little domestic and international arrival and departures areas, considering the number of passengers it serves per day.
Address: Ruta Nacional 40, Acceso Norte, km 15 - (5539) Las Heras, Mendoza - Argentina
Phone number: +54 261 520 6000
Airlines and destinations
Means of transport to the airport
- Bus (colectivos, micros, omnibus) : Group 6, line 63 (ask for going to downtown: "al Centro")
- Taxis
- Private cabs (Remis).
Arrival time to Mendoza City downtown, about 20-25 minutes with cars, about 40-45 using public bus.
Other services
- Public telephones
- Tourism office
- ATM
- Information desk
- Mail service
- Cargo
- Car rental
- Restaurant
- Cafeteria
- Wi-fi Internet access
- Money exchange (preferred currencies: euroEuroThe euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
, U.S. dollarUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
, Chilean pesoChilean pesoThe peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
)
Accidents and Incidents
- Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as the Andes flight disaster, and in South America as Miracle in the Andes was a chartered flight carrying 45 people, including a rugby team, their friends, family and associates that crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972...
, also known less formally as the AndesAndesThe Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
Flight Disaster, was a chartered airline flight from MontevideoMontevideoMontevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, carrying 45 rugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
team members and associates to SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
(ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
). The aircraft made a stopover at Mendoza Airport and later crashed in the Andes on Friday, October 13, 1972. The last of the 16 remaining survivors were rescued by December 23, 1972. - May 18, 2011: Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 was a domestic Argentine passenger flight from Córdoba to Comodoro Rivadavia via Mendoza and Neuquén, operated with a 1985-built Saab 340, registration LV-CEJ, that crashed on , while en route on its last leg, in Prahuaniyeu, south-west of the town of Los Menucos, Río...
- On a CórdobaCórdoba, ArgentinaCórdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...
-MendozaMendoza, ArgentinaMendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
-NeuquénNeuquén, Argentina-Sister cities:Neuquén is sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International with: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Treviso, Veneto, Italy Valdivia, Chile-External links: - Official website....
-Comodoro RivadaviaComodoro RivadaviaComodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....
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External links
- Mendoza, MDZ at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official web site)