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{{Short description|Airport in Tierra del Fuego}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name                = Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport
| nativename          = {{small|''Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas''}}
| image               = Ushuaia Airport Aerial Image.jpg
| image-width         = 250
| IATA                = USH
| ICAO                = SAWH
| type                = Public
| owner               =
| operator            = Civil Aviation Administration
| city-served         =
| location            = [[Ushuaia]], [[Argentina]]
| metric-elev         =
| elevation-m         =
| elevation-f         = 102
| website             = [http://www.aeropuertoushuaia.com/en/index.php www.aeropuertoushuaia.com]
| coordinates         = {{coord|54|50|36|S|68|17|40|W|region:AR|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Tierra del Fuego#Argentina
| pushpin_mapsize     =
| pushpin_label       = '''USH'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tierra del Fuego
| metric-rwy          = y
| r1-number           = 07/25
| r1-length-m         = 2804
| r1-length-f         = 9199
| r1-surface          = [[Concrete]]
| stat-year           = 2021
| stat1-header        = Total passengers
| stat1-data          = 512,000
| footnotes           = Sources: AIP<ref name="AIP">{{cite web |url= http://www.cra.gov.ar/dta/ais/aip/docs/244.pdf |title= SAWH – USHUAIA / Malvinas Argentinas |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090419234013/http://www.cra.gov.ar/dta/ais/aip/docs/244.pdf |archive-date= 19 April 2009 |df= dmy-all |language=es}}&nbsp;{{small|(480&nbsp;KB)}} at [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] Argentina</ref> ORSNA<ref name=ORSNA>{{in lang|es}} ''[http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=51 Aeropuerto de Ushuaia "Malvinas Argentinas"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121128203700/http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.asp?id_aeropuerto=51 |date=28 November 2012 }}'' at ''Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA)''</ref> SkyVector<ref>{{cite web |title=Malvianas Argentinas Airport |url=https://skyvector.com/airport/SAWH/Malvinas-Argentinas-Airport |website=SkyVector |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
'''Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport''' ({{langx|es|link=yes|Aeropuerto Internacional de Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas}}, {{airport codes|USH|SAWH|p=n}}) is located {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} south<ref name="AIP"/> of the center of [[Ushuaia]], a city on the island of [[Tierra del Fuego]] in the [[Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)|Tierra del Fuego Province]] of [[Argentina]].
==Overview==
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The airport was opened in 1995, replacing an older one, which is now in use with the [[Ushuaia Aeroclub]] {{airport codes||SAWO}}. The new airport has been used by various [[airlines]] at different periods. It is the world's southernmost [[List of international airports by country|international airport]] and is often used by passengers as a cruise-ship gateway to the [[Antarctic]].
Ushuaia International Airport can accommodate airplanes as large as the [[Boeing 747]]. [[Tower Air]] operated 747s into the airport, and [[Aerolíneas Argentinas]] operated 747-400s into the airport during events of high passenger numbers (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads) until retiring the 747 in February 2012. Two chartered Air France [[Concorde]]s also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from [[Easter Island]], Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on 25 July 2000 (following the crash of [[Air France 4590]]). In the past, [[Condor (airline)|Condor]], [[LTU International|LTU]], [[Air Berlin]] and [[Lufthansa]] also offered charter flights from Germany, [[Austrian Airlines]] from Austria, and [[XL Airways UK]] and [[First Choice Airways]] from the United Kingdom. It also chartered flights to [[Maputo, Mozambique]].
The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of [[Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute|sovereignty]] over the [[British Overseas Territory]] of the [[Falkland Islands]].
The airport is on a peninsula extending south into the [[Beagle Channel]], and all approaches and takeoffs are over the water.
==Airlines and destinations==
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| {{nowrap|[[Aerolíneas Argentinas]]}} | [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Buenos Aires–Aeroparque]], [[Ministro Pistarini International Airport|Buenos Aires–Ezeiza]], [[Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport|Córdoba (AR)]], [[Comandante Armando Tola International Airport|El Calafate]], [[Almirante Marcos A. Zar Airport|Trelew]]<br>'''Seasonal:''' [[São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport|São Paulo–Guarulhos]]
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|[[Flybondi]]|[[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Buenos Aires–Aeroparque]], [[Ministro Pistarini International Airport|Buenos Aires–Ezeiza]], [[Comandante Armando Tola International Airport|El Calafate]]
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| [[JetSmart Argentina]] | [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Buenos Aires–Aeroparque]], [[Ministro Pistarini International Airport|Buenos Aires–Ezeiza]]
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| [[LADE]] | [[General Enrique Mosconi International Airport|Comodoro Rivadavia]], [[Comandante Armando Tola International Airport|El Calafate]], [[Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport|Río Gallegos]], [[Hermes Quijada International Airport|Río Grande]]
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|[[LATAM Chile]]|'''Seasonal charter:''' [[Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|Santiago de Chile]]
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==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=USH}}
== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
File:Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300X LV-CSD.jpeg
File:LAN A320 USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport (5).JPG
File:189 - Ushuaia - Aéroport - Janvier 2010.jpg
File:Preembarque Aeropuerto de Ushuaia.jpg
File:188 - Ushuaia - Aéroport - Janvier 2010.jpg
File:Aéroportdeushuaïa.JPG
File:Control tower Ushuaia.jpg
File:Aéroport de Ushuaia.jpg
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 03.JPG
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 10.JPG
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File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 27.JPG
File:LADE - Aeropuerto Malvinas Argentinas Ushuaia.JPG
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 19.JPG
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 16.JPG
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 23.JPG
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 44.JPG
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File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 33.jpg
File:Ushuaia Airport Terminal Building Sign.jpg
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 46.jpg
File:USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport 42.jpg
File:Peninsula Ushuaia vista area 100 3937.JPG
File:Aeropuerto Malvinas Argentinas Ushuaia - vista aérea 05.JPG
File:LV-CMA Bahía Ushuaia 100 3932.JPG
File:Torre Control USH 100 3921.JPG
File:Instalaciones USH - Malvinas Argentinas Airport.jpg
File:USH01.jpg
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</gallery>
==See also==
*{{portal-inline|Argentina}}
*{{portal-inline|Aviation}}
*[[Transport in Argentina]]
*[[List of airports in Argentina]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Malvinas Argentinas International Airport}}
* [http://www.aeropuertoushuaia.com/en/index.php Official website]
* [https://londonsupplygroup.com/index.php London Supply Group]
* {{GCM|SAWH}}
* {{ASN|USH}}
{{Airports in Argentina}}
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[[Category:Airports in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina]]