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SANU Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport VFR

  • Name
    Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    SANU / UAQ / SANU
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    5:36 am (ART)
  • Municipality
    San Juan
  • Coordinates
    31° 34′ 17″ N 68° 25′ 5″ E
  • Elevation
    1’949 ft (594 m MSL)

About Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Juan – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) (IATA: UAQ, ICAO: SANU) is an airport in San Juan Province, Argentina, serving the city of San Juan. It is named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the seventh President of Argentina.

Planning to build San Juan Airport started on 15 February 1958. The plans were authorized in 1961, and construction started in 1971. It was almost finished by 1977, but was destroyed in the 1977 San Juan earthquake. Reconstruction occurred between 1977 and 1980, and the new airport was inaugurated on 25 February 1981. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.

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