Libertador General José de San Martín Airport

Libertador General José de San Martín Airport

*Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín"*
Libertador General José de San Martín Airport; Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín"
	IATA: PSS; ICAO: SARP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Posadas, Argentina
Elevation AMSL	430 ft / 131 m
Coordinates	27°23′10″S 55°58′14″W / 27.38611°S 55.97056°W
Map
	PSS Location of airport in Argentina
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Passengers
Passengers	209,000
Passenger change 10–17	115.5%
Aircraft movements	2,190
Movements change 10–17	46.6%
	Sources: AIP, ORSNA, WAD GCM

Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín") (IATA: PSS, ICAO: SARP) is located 7.5 km (4.7 mi) southwest of the center of Posadas, a city in the Misiones Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 329 hectares (813 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000^[2]^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, Córdoba (AR)
Andes Líneas Aéreas	Seasonal charter: São Paulo–Guarulhos
Flybondi	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque

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
2001	128,000	-	2,666	-	-	-
2002	93,000	27.35%	1,684	36.83%	-	-
2003	101,787	4.30%	1,297	22.98%	-	-
2004	122,000	25.77%	1,484	14.42%	-	-
2005	113,000	7.38%	1,482	0.13%	564	8.25%
2006	108,000	4.42%	1,334	9.99%	455	19.33%
2007	65,019	39.80%	863	35.31%	313	31.21%
2008	62,000	4.64%	742	14.02%	210	32.91%
2009	114,000	83.87%	1,325	78.57%	345	64.29%
2010	97,000	14.91%	1,494	12.75%	379	9.86%
2011	93,000	4.12%	1,319	11.71%	-	-
2012	96,000	3.23%	1,361	3.18%	-	-
2013	111,000	15.63%	1,431	5.14%	-	-
2014	129,000	16.22%	1,529	6.85%	-	-
2015	175,000	35.66%	1,948	27.40%	-	-
2016	174,000	0.57	1,964	0.82%	-	-
2017	209,000	20.11%	2,190	11.51%	-	-
2018	295,000	41.15%	3,188	45.57%	-	-
2019	320,000	8.47%	3,103	2.67%	-	-
2020	64,000	80.00%	666	78.54%	-	-
2021	141,000	120.31%	1,390	108.71%	-	-
2022	228,000	61.70%	1,925	38.49%	-	-
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010). Aviación Civil Argentina (2011-2022).

On June 12, 1988, Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 undershot the runway, resulting in 67 deaths.^[6]

^ Airport Council International 2010 World Airport Traffic Report
^ ^a ^b "SARP - Posadas / Libertador Gral. D. José de San Martín" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-31. at AIP Argentina (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Aeropuerto de Posadas "Libertador General San Martín" at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish)
^ "Airport information for SARP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
^ Airport information for Libertador General José de San Martín Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) N1003G Posadas Airport, MI (PSS)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2020-06-10.