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Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport

Airport in La Rioja Province, Argentina

Field	Value
name	Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport
nativename	Aeropuerto de La Rioja
IATA	IRJ
ICAO	SANL
pushpin_map	Argentina
pushpin_map_caption	Location of airport in Argentina
pushpin_label	IRJ
pushpin_label_position	right
type	Public
operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
city-served	La Rioja, Argentina
elevation-f	1449
coordinates
metric-rwy	y
r1-number	03/21
r1-length-m	2860
r1-surface	Asphalt
stat-year	2016
stat1-header	Total passengers
stat1-data	63.096
footnotes	Source: WAD, GCM, Google Maps, SkyVector

Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport () is the main airport in La Rioja Province, Argentina serving the city of La Rioja. The airport is on the northeast side of the city.

The airport was named after the Argentine aviation pioneer Vicente Almandos Almonacid (es) (1882–1953).

History

The airport was built in 1948, and was officially inaugurated with an LADE Vickers Viking flight on October 11, 1948 (linking La Rioja with Buenos Aires vía Río Cuarto, San Luis, Santa Rosa, and Córdoba). The first terminal was constructed in 1951. In 1952, Aerolíneas Argentinas started flying to La Rioja.

In 1969, the old north-south grass runway was replaced by the current asphalt Runway 03/21. In 1978, a new 940 m2 passenger terminal and 70 car parking lot were added. In 1990, the terminal was air conditioned.

The La Rioja VOR and non-directional beacon (idents: LAR) are located on the field.

Since March 16, 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.

A virtual airline named Alas La Rioja once operatedout of this airport, before cancelling flights in 2023.

Airlines and destinations

|Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Catamarca

Statistics

Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo
(metric tons)	Change from previous year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
45,695	2.37%	1,916	8.19%	211	16.60%
48,755	6.70%	1,791	6.52%	237	12.32%
41,155	15.59%	1,416	20.94%	105	55.70%
34,070	17.22%	1,448	2.26%	81	22.86%
41,415	21.56%	1,945	34.32%	96	18.52%
35,821	13.51%	2,029	4.32%	86	10.42%
*Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005-2010)*

References

"Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 - Aumento del 4.4 por ciento en el tráfico de pasajeros en 2013".
"Airport information for SANL".
{{GCM. IRJ. Capitan Vicente Almando Airport
"La Rioja Airport".
"Vicente A Almonacid Airport".
[http://earlyaviators.com/ealmonac.htm Vicente Almandos Almonacid] at EarlyAviators.com
"La Rioja NDB".
"La Rioja VOR".
(7 September 2023). "Alas La Rioja llega a su fin".

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