San Carlos de Bariloche Airport

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport,^[5] is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city.^[2]

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche
IATA: BRC ICAO: SAZS
Summary
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Serves	San Carlos de Bariloche
Location	Ruta Nacional Nº 237 s/n
Elevation AMSL	2,776 ft / 846 m
Coordinates	41°09′04″S 71°09′27″W
Website	www.aa2000.com.ar/bariloche
Map
BRC Location in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 7,703 2,348 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Total passengers 1,980,000
Sources: AIP,[1] ORSNA,[2] World Aero Data,[3] airport statistics for 2017[4]

Airlines and destinations

Check-in counters

Last waiting room at the airport

Last waiting room at the airport

Airside of the airport

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, Tucumán, Viedma Seasonal: Buenos Aires–Ezeiza,[citation needed], São Paulo–Guarulhos[citation needed]
Azul Brazilian Airlines	Seasonal: Belo Horizonte–Confins,[6] Campinas,[6] Porto Alegre[6]
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR)
Gol Linhas Aéreas	Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos [7]
JetSmart Argentina	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Córdoba (AR), Mendoza
LADE	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn
LATAM Brasil	Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos[8]
LATAM Chile	Seasonal: Santiago de Chile (begins 4 December 2025)[9]
Sky Airline	Puerto Montt Seasonal: São Paulo–Guarulhos,[10] Santiago de Chile[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

Accidents involving fatalities

• 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.^[11]
• 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities.^[12]
• 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board.^[13]

Non-fatal hull-losses

• 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike.^[14]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BRC airport. See Wikidata query.

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	648,569	10.94%	8,730	1.47%	589	43.66%
2006	676,197	4.26%	8,273	5.23%	717	21.73%
2007	724,010	7.07%	7,830	5.35%	660	7.95%
2008	701,244	3.14%	7,667	2.08%	432	34.55%
2009	748,400	6.72%	8,782	14.54%	269	37.73%
2010	831,792	11.14%	9,477	7.91%	274	1.86%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010)
2022	1,980,000					{
Source: (Years 2005-2010)

See also

• Argentina portal
• Aviation portal
• Transport in Argentina
• List of airports in Argentina