Villa_Reynolds_Airport Knowpia

Villa Reynolds Airport

Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds
Villa Reynolds Airport; Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds
	IATA: VME; ICAO: SAOR;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Villa Mercedes, Argentina
Location	Villa Reynolds
Elevation AMSL	1,591 ft / 485 m
Coordinates	33°43′30″S 65°22′40″W / 33.72500°S 65.37778°W
Map
	VME Location of the Airport in Argentina
Runways
	Sources: ORSNA, WAD Google Maps

Villa Reynolds Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds) (IATA: VME, ICAO: SAOR) is a joint military/general aviation airport serving Villa Mercedes, a city in the San Luis Province of Argentina. It is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Villa Mercedes, in Villa Reynolds, a village serving an Argentine Air Force base.^[1]

The airport covers an area of 80 hectares (200 acres), and has a 1,000-square-metre (11,000 sq ft) terminal.^[1] Runway 10/28 is closed. The Villa Reynolds VOR-DME (Ident: RYD) and non-directional beacon (Ident: RYD) are located on the field.^[4]^[5]

Airlines and destinations edit

Airlines	Destinations
LADE	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Merlo

Accidents and incidents edit

7 August 1971: An Argentine Air Force Douglas C-47A, tail number TC-31, experienced an engine fire during takeoff. The aircraft was written off, but there were no fatalities.^[6]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Aeropuerto de Villa Reynolds" [Villa Reynolds Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Airport information for SAOR". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
^ "Villa Reynolds Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Villa Reynolds VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Villa Reynolds NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ Accident description for TC-31 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 March 2012.