Las Higueras Airport is an airport serving
Río Cuarto, a city in the
Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport is northeast of Río Cuarto, near the suburb of Las Higueras.
Runway lengths do not include
blast pads 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, tail number T-22, crashed upon takeoff
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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
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 ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Rio Cuarto Airport
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Airports in Córdoba Province, Argentina
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