Ministro Pistarini International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini) , also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in the

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in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport south-southwest of the

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, the capital city of

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. Covering it is one of two commercial airports serving Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, along with

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. Pistarini Airport is the country's largest international airport by number of passengers handled—85% of international traffic—and is a hub for international flights of

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, which operates domestic services from the airport as well. It has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. since 1998.

History

The airport is named after Juan Pistarini,

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during the presidency of Juan Perón, who placed the cornerstone of the project on 22 December 1945. It was designed and erected by Argentine technicians. Its construction, which took four years to be completed, was one of the major projects in the five-year plan of the first presidency of Juan Perón. The airport was inaugurated on 30 April 1949. When it opened it was the third-largest airport in the world. A 1949 diagram shows three runways crossing at 60-degree angles: runway 10/28, 4/22 and 16/34. The Ezeiza massacre took place near the airport in 1973.

Operations

Since December 2012, citizens from countries requiring an entry

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for Argentine nationals including Australia and Canada are charged a "reciprocity fee" to enter Argentina, equivalent to the price the countries charge Argentine citizens for a visa. Until the tax was collected, in

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s or

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s, at the airport; since then, the tax must be paid in advance

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from the country of origin. As of 23 August 2016, the Argentine Government (Presidential Decree No. 959/2016) has resolved to suspend the collection of the reciprocity fee from US passport holders who visit the country for less than 90 days, for tourist or business purposes. In October 2012 Ezeiza Airport recorded the highest annual traffic growth of all the airports operated by ''Aeropuertos Argentina 2000''. For this month, the airport handled 767,824 passengers, a 10.9% increase compared to the previous October; the volume of international and domestic traffic for October 2012 increased 8.7% and 108.3%, respectively, year-on-year. Overall, 2012 traffic figures for the airport indicated a 7.3% increase over the previous year. Figures for July 2013 showed that the airport handled 688,397 passengers, an 8.9% decrease over the previous year.

Terminals

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Terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011; , its facilities were in use by

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, and

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for their operations. In March 2013 terminal B, with an area of , was inaugurated, for use by Aerolíneas Argentinas and KLM.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Route development

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withdrew its service to the airport in favour of

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in March 2012; flights to Ezeiza Airport had begun in November 2008. This followed

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' termination of its Boeing 747-served

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–Buenos Aires route in early 2012 to cut costs.

discontinued the

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stopover on the Buenos Aires–Sydney run in July 2012; Sydney was removed from the airline's network in April 2014. South African Airways discontinued its

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–Buenos Aires service in March 2014. In ,

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launched direct flights between the airport and

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, but in August 2020 cancelled the route. After a ten-year gap, KLM resumed operations at the airport in October 2011. Emirates launched services to the airport in , but in August 2020 discontinued the route.

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extended its

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service to end at Ezeiza in December 2012.

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started non-stop flights between the airport and

in December 2015, but discontinued them in 2020.

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cancelled non-stop flights from

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. Later, low-cost carriers LEVEL and

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started long-haul flights to Ezeiza airport from

and

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, respectively. The Norwegian carrier discontinued the route in April 2020.

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and Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air launched new flights to Buenos Aires.

started flights to

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in December 2019 but in March 2020 the route was discontinued. LATAM Argentina ended its operations in June 2020 and discontinued routes to

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and

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. In July 2020

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discontinued its

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route.

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

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records 30 accidents/incidents for aircraft that departed from the airport or had it as a destination. The list below provides a summary of the fatal events that took place at or in the vicinity of the airport. * 23 October 1996:

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Flight 5025, a

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, registration LV-LGP, was operating a cargo service when it struck the ground short of the runway on final approach to Ezeiza inbound from Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, broke up, and burst into flames. Two occupants of the aircraft lost their lives. * 26 October 2003: CATA Línea Aérea Flight 760, a Fairchild FH-227B, tail number LV-MGV, was operating a nonscheduled Ezeiza–

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freighter service when it encountered technical difficulties shortly after

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from Ezeiza Airport. The aircraft attempted a belly landing on a nearby golf course. The aircraft skidded some 200 m before hitting a tree and bursting into flames. All five occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.

References

External links

Aeropuerto de Buenos Aires / Ezeiza
at Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (official website) * * * {{Authority control Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Airports established in 1949 1949 establishments in Argentina Airports in Buenos Aires Province