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Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Gobernador Francisco Gabrielli) , better known as El Plumerillo International Airport, is located northeast of the centre of Mendoza, capital of the
Mendoza Province Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...
of
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. It is operated by
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The 4th Air Brigade (El Plumerillo Military Air Base) is located on the southern section of the airport.


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*20 January 1944: A
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Lodestar 18–50,
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CC-CLC-0072, was due to operate a Mendoza
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cargo service when it crashed on
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, killing all 12 occupants aboard.


See also

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Transport in Argentina Transport in Argentina is mainly based on a complex network of routes, crossed by relatively inexpensive long-distance buses and by cargo trucks. The country also has a number of national and international airports. The importance of the long-d ...
*
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