Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport

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Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Template:Langx) (Template:Comma separated entries) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the provincial capital city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)
Change from previous year
2005 48,629 N.A. 2,821 N.A. 244 N.A.
2006 43,897 Decrease 9.73% 2,057 Decrease27.08% 130 Decrease46.72%
2007 44,477 Increase 1.32% 2,191 Increase 6.51% 65 Decrease 50.00%
2008 36,469 Decrease18.00% 1,959 Decrease10.59% 76 Increase16.92%
2009 41,212 Increase13.01% 2,329 Increase18.89% 61 Decrease19.74%
2010 31,428 Decrease23.74% 1,039 Decrease55.39% 51 Decrease16.39%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2006-2010)

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