Trelew’s airport was rebuilt in 2010.

It serves 250.000 passengers a year and has 3.500 commercial flights every year.

It is located 6,5km NNE of Trelew. It coordinates are 43° 12’ 38’’ S and 65° 16’ 13’’ W.

Its permanent facilities are:

 National Administration of Civil Aviation

 Airport Police Force
 National Service of Agricultural Sanitation
 Borderline Sanitation Service
 Immigration
 Customs
 Medical attention and ambulance
 3 commercial airlines
 1 taxiway service
 3 rental car companies
 ATM
 Cocktail lounge and coffee shop
 Newsstand
 Gifts shop
 Shuttle service to the city of Puerto Madryn
 Taxis and remises

The airport codes are:

SAVT (ICAO)

REL (IATA)

The airport’s runway is 2560m long and 45m wide. It allows the landing of any commercial aircraft
currently operating around the world.

Its commercial terminal of 14.700m2 has the capability of handling the parking of 4 medium-sized
aircrafts simultaneously and also has a passenger boarding bridge.

Trelew’s airport is H24, meaning it is controlled Monday thru Sunday 24hours a day, available to
operations at all times.

As regards fire security it is a category 7 airport. It has an aircraft fuel storage facility. AVGAS
100LL Cap. 207.000 L. ATS. JET A1/HD1100 Cap. 535.000 L

It also has its own aeronautic meteorology center.