Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

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Aeroparque Jorge Newbery

IATA: AEP - ICAO: SABE
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Aeropuertos Argentina
Serves		Buenos Aires
Elevation AMSL		18 ft (5 m)
Coordinates		34°33′33.03″S, 58°24′56.18″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	6,890	2,100	Concrete

Aeroparque Metropolitano Jorge Newbery (IATA: AEP, ICAO: SABE) is the main airport for domestic flights in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the city near the Río de la Plata. This airport only allows flights from Argentine and Uruguayan companies.

Its military sector is home of the Tango 01 presidential aircraft.

The airport is named after Argentinean aviator Jorge Newbery.

[edit] Airlines

Aerolíneas Argentinas (Bahía Blanca, Bariloche, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, Corrientes, El Calafate, Esquel, Formosa, Iguazú, La Rioja, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Montevideo, Neuquen, Posadas, Punta del Este, Resistencia, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, Rosario, Salta, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, San Juan, San Luis, San Salvador de Jujuy, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, Santiago del Estero, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia, Viedma)
- Austral (Bahía Blanca, Bariloche, Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, Corrientes, El Calafate, Esquel, Formosa, Iguazú, La Rioja, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Neuquen, Posadas, Punta del Este, Resistencia, Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, Rosario, Salta, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, San Juan, San Luis, San Salvador de Jujuy, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Santiago del Estero, Trelew, Tucuman, Ushuaia, Viedma)
Andes Líneas Aéreas (Salta, Puerto Madryn)
LAN Airlines
- LAN Argentina (Comodoro Rivadavia, Bariloche, Córdoba, El Calafate, Iguazú, Mendoza, Rio Gallegos)
PLUNA (Montevideo, Punta del Este)
Sol Líneas Aéreas (Córdoba, Rosario, Santa Fe)

[edit] Accidents and incidents

On 31 August 1999, the Aeroparque was the scene for the crash of LAPA flight 3142, when 63 aboard and 2 people on ground were killed on the failed take-off of a LAPA flight.