Esquel Airport

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Esquel Airport Aeropuerto de Esquel
IATA: EQS ICAO: SAVE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Esquel
Location	Ruta 40, Km 1771. (U9200)
Elevation AMSL	2,621 ft / 799 m
Coordinates	42°54′24.20″S 71°08′48″W / 42.9067222°S 71.14667°W / -42.9067222; -71.14667
Map
EQS Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 2,400 7,869 Concrete 08/26 1,232 4,043 Gravel
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 46,693 Passenger change 15–16 7.3% Aircraft movements 1057 Movements change 09–10 0.1%
Source: DAFIF, 2010 World Airport Traffic Report.[1]

Esquel Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Esquel, IATA: EQS, ICAO: SAVE), officially the Brigadier General Antonio Parodi International Airport,^[2] is an international airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the city of Esquel.

It was built in 1944, and was officially inaugurated on April 17, 1945. The new terminal was constructed in 1978. The only runway was paved in 1973, and re-paved in 1999 because it was badly damaged.

It has a 1,050m² passenger terminal, 96,500m² of runways, and a 1,050m² hangar.

Since 1998, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2010, 21,561 passengers flew through Esquel Airport.

The airport closed temporarily in May 2008 because of volcanic activities in El Chaitén, Chile.