Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport

Aeropuerto de Trelew

Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OperatorGovernment and London Supply
ServesTrelew, Argentina
Elevation AMSL141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates43°12′35″S 65°17′00″W / 43.20972°S 65.28333°W / -43.20972; -65.28333
Websitewww.aeropuertotrelew.com
Map
REL is located in Argentina
REL
REL
Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,560 8,399 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Total passengers252,594
Source: GCM[1] SkyVector[2] Google Maps[3]

Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Almirante Marcos A. Zar, Spanish: Aeropuerto Almirante Marcos A. Zar) (IATA: REL, ICAO: SAVT) is an airport in Trelew, Chubut Province, Argentina, named after the Argentine Navy Admiral and aviator Marcos Andrés Zar. The airport serves the cities of Trelew and Rawson.

The airport is 3 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of Trelew and 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province. It has a 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) passenger terminal and has parking for 128 cars. It is operated by London Supply.[4]

The Trelew Almirante Zar Naval Air Base is on the airport, and has an Argentine Naval Aviation squadron flying P-3 Orions.

  1. ^ Airport information for REL at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Almirante Zar Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Almirante A. Zar International Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "London Supply Group". London Supply Group. Retrieved 17 April 2019.