Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport or also called as Ezeiza International Airport is an airport located in nearby Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| Ministro Pistarini International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza | |||
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| IATA: EZE – ICAO: SAEZ – WMO: 87576[1] | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 | ||
| Serves | Buenos Aires metropolitan area | ||
| Location | Ezeiza, Argentina | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 m / 67 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 34°49′20″S 58°32′09″W / 34.82222°S 58.53583°WCoordinates: 34°49′20″S 58°32′09″W / 34.82222°S 58.53583°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Map | |||
| Location in greater Buenos Aires | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 11/29 | 3,300 | 10,828 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 3,105 | 10,187 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2018) | |||
| Passengers | 11,204,000 | ||
| Passenger traffic change |  8.5%
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| Sources: AIP,[2] EANA,[3] ORSNA,[4][5] WorldAeroData,[6] Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea statistics for 2018[7] | |||
Its IATA code is EZE and ICAO code is SAEZ.
It is the direct entrance of long-distance international flights to the country, since the domestic and regional connections operate mostly from the Jorge Newbery Airport, which makes it the largest and most modern air terminal in Argentina. It recently received a rating of over 8 points out of 10 in the 2019 AirHelp Score, earning it 20th place in this ranking.
It is currently the base of operations for Aerolíneas Argentinas internationally. It is also the headquarters of the Ezeiza Naval Air Station of the Argentine Navy.
Opened in 1949, it was for three years the largest air base in the world. It operates with several airlines. Given its geographical location and market size, an important part of its flights have stopovers in Santiago, São Paulo and Lima.
Here are some of North American carriers that currently serve Ministro Pistarini:
- American Airlines (Flies JFK-EZE and MIA-EZE)
- United Airlines (Flies IAH-EZE)
Extensions
Modernization 2017-Current
In January 2017, the Minister of the Interior, Rogelio Frigerio, presented the Advance Passenger Information system that speeds up immigration procedures and obtains accurate information on the criminal record of passengers entering the country.
In March 2018, the Argentine government presented a $15 billion investment plan to transform the Ezeiza International Airport.
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6,365,989 | 14.34% |
62,048 | 6.10% |
177,358 | 1.41%
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| 2006 | 6,867,596 | 7.88% |
63,693 | 2.65% |
187,415 | 5.67%
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| 2007 | 7,487,779 | 9.03% |
70,576 | 10.81% |
204,909 | 9.33%
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| 2008 | 8,012,794 | 7.01% |
71,037 | 0.65% |
205,506 | 0.29%
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| 2009 | 7,910,048 |  1.28% |
67,488 | 5.00% |
162,806 | 20.78%
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| 2010 | 8,786,807 | 11.08% |
65,063 | 3.59% |
212,890 | 30.96%
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| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005–2010) | ||||||
| Rank | City | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago, Chile | 1,130,000 |
| 2 | Miami, USA | 1,001,000 |
| 3 | Lima, Peru | 896,000 |
| 4 | Madrid, Spain | 815,000 |
| 5 | São Paulo, Brazil | 739,000 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 654,000 |
| 7 | Bogotá, Colombia | 372,000 |
| 8 | Rome, Italy | 332,000 |
| 9 | New York City | 329,000 |
| 10 | Panama City, Panama | 275,000 |
Infrastructure
- Track area: 483,897 m²
- Taxiway area: 298,720 m²
- Platforms: 515,900 m²
- Maintenance area: 15,000 m²
- Hangars: 5
- Landing and take-off runways: 2
- Telescopic sleeves: 20
- Remote positions: 25
The airport has the capacity to serve the Airbus A380 superjumbo in hangar 5.
Ministro Pistarini International Airport Media
Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Terminal A
Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini International Airport Terminal A
View of Terminal B (inaugurated in March 2013) at Pistarini International Airport, Ezeiza, Argentina.
Airport terminal A in 2013
Last waiting area at Terminal A
Check-in counters at Terminal A
Check-in counters at Terminal A
Check-in counters at Terminal C
Check-in counters at Terminal C
Arrivals area at Terminal C
Other websites
- Official website (in Spanish and English)
References
- ↑ Oakley, T. (November 1993). "Instrument and Observing Methods – Report No. 56". World Meteorological Organization. p. 14. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "SAEZ/Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini fact sheet" (PDF) (in español). AIP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012.
- ↑ Tablero 2017 Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini Archived 31 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) EANA.
- ↑ Movimiento operacional de los aeropuertos del Sistema Nacional (TOTAL 2017)[dead link] (in Spanish) ORSNA.
- ↑ "Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza "Ministro Pistarini"" [Ezeiza "Ministro Pistarini" International Airport] (in español). Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "Airport information for Ministro Pistarini Airport". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ↑ "Tablero 2018 Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini" (PDF) (in español). Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea (EANA). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ "Anuario Estadístico 2017" [Statistical Yearbook 2017] (PDF) (in español). Argentine Ministry of Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
