Las Higueras Airport is an airport serving
Río Cuarto, a city in the
Córdoba Province Córdoba Province may refer to:
* Córdoba Province, Argentina
* Córdoba Province (Colombia)
* Province of Córdoba (Spain)
Córdoba (; also called Cordova in English) is one of the 50 provinces of Spain, in the north-central part of the Autonom ...
of Argentina. The airport is northeast of Río Cuarto, near the suburb of Las Higueras.
Runway lengths do not include
blast pad
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s of on Runway 05 and on Runway 23.
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The Rio Cuarto VOR (Ident: TRC) and ]non-directional beacon
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(Ident: R) are located on the field.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*17 July 1958: An Argentine Air Force
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Douglas C-47A
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, tail number T-22, crashed upon takeoff
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For aircraft that take off horizontally, this usually involves starting with a tr ...
following an engine failure.
*5 May 1969: An ANAC Douglas R4D-1, registration LQ-IPC, crashed on landing at the airport, killing all 11 occupants aboard.
See also
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*List of airports in Argentina
This is a list of airports in Argentina, sorted by location.
Airports
ICAO location identifiers link to airport page at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos' (ORSNA), where availableMap of airports.
Airport names shown in bol ...
*Transport in Argentina
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References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Rio Cuarto Airport
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Airports in Córdoba Province, Argentina
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