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Artigas International Airport

*Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas*
Artigas International Airport; Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
	IATA: ATI; ICAO: SUAG;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Artigas, Uruguay
Elevation AMSL	410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates	30°24′03″S 56°30′30″W / 30.40083°S 56.50833°W
Map
	ATI Location in Uruguay
Runways
	Sources: GCM Google Maps SkyVector

Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay. The airport is 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1 km) off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nautical miles (109 km) west of the airport.^[4]^[5]

Accidents and incidents edit

10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.^[6] The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.

References edit

^ Airport information for Artigas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Artigas Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Artigas Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Monte Caseros VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Artigas NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "Accident description CX-BJH/T511". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.