Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Uruguay | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Montevideo | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Class Líneas Aéreas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 105 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′18″S 56°01′51″W / 34.83833°S 56.03083°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  MVD Location in the city of Montevideo  MVD MVD (Uruguay) | |||||||||||||||
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Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (IATA: MVD, ICAO: SUMU) is the main international airport of Uruguay. It is the country's largest airport and is located in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo. It has been cited as one of the most efficient and traveler-friendly airports in Latin America.[4]
The airport is named after Cesáreo L. Berisso, a pioneer of Uruguayan aviation, and it also hosts an air base of the Uruguayan Air Force.
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- ^ "Montevideo/Carrasco L Berisso Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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- ^ "Best Airports in South America 2015". Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.