Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela) (IATA: CTC, ICAO: SANC) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the provincial capital city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.^{[citation needed]}

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela
IATA: CTC ICAO: SANC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Location	Ruta P33, Km 22, Los Puestos (K4712XAI)
Elevation AMSL	474.3 m / 1,556 ft
Coordinates	28°35′35″S 065°45′03″W
Map
CTC Airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 90,192 Passenger change 16–17 43.95% Aircraft movements 1,485 Movements change 16–1 6.06%
Source: DAFIF,[1][2] 2016 World Airport Traffic Report.[3]

The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, La Rioja

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	48,629	N.A.	2,821	N.A.	244	N.A.
2006	43,897	9.73%	2,057	27.08%	130	46.72%
2007	44,477	1.32%	2,191	6.51%	65	50.00%
2008	36,469	18.00%	1,959	10.59%	76	16.92%
2009	41,212	13.01%	2,329	18.89%	61	19.74%
2010	31,428	23.74%	1,039	55.39%	51	16.39%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2006-2010)