Ministro Pistarini International Airport

Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini) (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ), also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in the Ezeiza Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-southwest of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires,[2] the capital city of Argentina. Covering 3,475 hectares (13.42 sq mi; 8,590 acres)[5] it is one of two commercial airports serving Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, along with Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. Pistarini Airport is the country's largest international airport by number of passengers handled—85% of international traffic[5]—and is a hub for international flights of Aerolíneas Argentinas, which operates domestic services from the airport as well. It has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. since 1998.[2][8][9]

Ministro Pistarini
International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini
Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
ServesBuenos Aires metropolitan area
LocationEzeiza, Argentina
Opened30 April 1949 (1949-04-30)
Hub for
Time zoneArgentina Standard Time (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL21 m / 67 ft
Coordinates34°49′20″S 58°32′09″W
Websitewww.aa2000.com.ar/ezeiza
Map
EZE
Location in greater Buenos Aires
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 3,300 10,828 Asphalt
17/35 3,105 10,187 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers11,204,000
Passenger traffic change 8.5%
Sources: AIP,[2] EANA,[3] ORSNA,[4][5] WorldAeroData,[6] Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea statistics for 2018[7]

History

The airport is named after Juan Pistarini, Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Juan Perón, who placed the cornerstone of the project on 22 December 1945.[10][11] It was designed and erected by Argentine technicians.[12] Its construction, which took four years to be completed,[13] was one of the major projects in the five-year plan of the first presidency of Juan Perón.[12] The airport was inaugurated on 30 April 1949.[13] When it opened it was the third-largest airport in the world.[14] A 1949 diagram[15] shows three runways crossing at 60-degree angles: 9,353 feet (2,851 m) runway 10/28, 7,220 feet (2,200 m) 4/22 and 6,892 feet (2,101 m) 16/34.

The Ezeiza massacre took place near the airport in 1973.[16][17]

Operations

Since December 2012, citizens from countries requiring an entry visa for Argentine nationals – including Australia and Canada – are charged a "reciprocity fee" to enter Argentina, equivalent to the price the countries charge Argentine citizens for a visa.[18][19] Until December 2012 (2012-12)[18] the tax was collected, in Argentine pesos or US dollars, at the airport;[19] since then, the tax must be paid in advance online from the country of origin.[18] As of 23 August 2016, the Argentine Government (Presidential Decree No. 959/2016[20]) has resolved to suspend the collection of the reciprocity fee from US passport holders who visit the country for less than 90 days, for tourist or business purposes.[21]

In October 2012 Ezeiza Airport recorded the highest annual traffic growth of all the airports operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.[22] For this month, the airport handled 767,824 passengers, a 10.9% increase compared to the previous October; the volume of international and domestic traffic for October 2012 increased 8.7% and 108.3%, respectively, year-on-year.[23] Overall, 2012 traffic figures for the airport indicated a 7.3% increase over the previous year.[24] Figures for July 2013 showed that the airport handled 688,397 passengers, an 8.9% decrease over the previous year.[25]

Terminals
Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Terminal A. Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini International Airport Terminal A
Terminal B
Airport terminal A in 2013

Terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011;[26] as of December 2011, its facilities were in use by Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air France, and Alitalia for their operations.[27][28][29] In March 2013 terminal B, with an area of 28,795 square metres (309,950 sq ft), was inaugurated, for use by Aerolíneas Argentinas and KLM.[30][31]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas Cancún, Havana, Madrid, Miami, New York–JFK, Punta Cana, Rome–Fiumicino, Ushuaia
Seasonal: El Calafate, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martin de los Andes, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Tucumán
AeroméxicoMexico City
Air Canada São Paulo–Guarulhos, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Air EuropaMadrid
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle
American AirlinesDallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–JFK
AviancaBogotá
Avianca Costa RicaQuito, San José de Costa Rica–Juan Santamaría (both begin October 30, 2022)[32]
Boliviana de AviaciónSanta Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
British AirwaysLondon–Heathrow, São Paulo–Guarulhos (ends 26 March 2023)[33]
Copa AirlinesPanama City–Tocumen
Delta Air LinesAtlanta
Emirates Dubai–International, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão (both resume 2 November 2022)[34]
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa, São Paulo–Guarulhos
FlybondiComodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San Carlos de Bariloche, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Ushuaia
Seasonal: Florianópolis, Punta del Este
Gol Transportes AéreosJoão Pessoa (resumes 4 December 2022),[35] Maceió (resumes 4 December 2022),[35] Natal (resumes 4 December 2022)[35]
Seasonal: Florianópolis (resumes 4 December 2022)[36]
IberiaMadrid
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino
JetSmart Argentina Asunción (begins 15 November 2022),[37] El Calafate, Lima, Puerto Iguazú, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão (begins 6 December 2022),[38] San Carlos de Bariloche, Santiago de Chile, Ushuaia
JetSmart Chile Santiago de Chile
KLMAmsterdam, Santiago de Chile
LATAM BrasilRio de Janeiro–Galeão (resumes 16 December 2022),[39] São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM ChileMiami, Santiago de Chile
LATAM PerúLima
Level Barcelona
LufthansaFrankfurt
Paranair Asunción
Sky AirlineSantiago de Chile
Sky Airline PeruLima
Swiss International Air Lines São Paulo–Guarulhos, Zürich
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul, São Paulo–Guarulhos
United AirlinesHouston–Intercontinental
Viva Air ColombiaBogotá, Medellín–JMC

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Air ClassMontevideo
Aerovip CargoMontevideo, Punta del Este
Atlas AirSantiago, Miami, Campinas, Lima
Cielos AirlinesLima
FedEx ExpressCampinas, Santiago
LATAM Cargo ChileAsunción, Bogotá, Campinas, Frankfurt, Miami, Santiago
LATAM Cargo MéxicoMexico City
Lufthansa CargoCampinas, Dakar–Senghor, Frankfurt
MartinairAguadilla, Amsterdam, Bogotá, London–Stansted, Miami
UPS AirlinesMiami, Campinas, Santiago

Route development

Qantas withdrew its service to the airport in favour of Santiago de Chile in March 2012;[40][41] flights to Ezeiza Airport had begun in November 2008.[42] This followed Malaysia Airlines' termination of its Boeing 747-served Kuala Lumpur–Cape Town–Buenos Aires route in early 2012 to cut costs.[43] Aerolíneas Argentinas discontinued the Auckland stopover on the Buenos Aires–Sydney run in July 2012; Sydney was removed from the airline's network in April 2014.[44] South African Airways discontinued its Johannesburg–Buenos Aires service in March 2014.[45]

In June 2010 (2010-06), Qatar Airways launched direct flights between the airport and Doha,[46][47] but in August 2020 cancelled the route.[48] After a ten-year gap,[49] KLM resumed operations at the airport in October 2011.[50] Emirates launched services to the airport in January 2012 (2012-01),[51] but in August 2020 discontinued the route.[52][53] Turkish Airlines extended its Istanbul–São Paulo service to end at Ezeiza in December 2012.[54] Air New Zealand started non-stop flights between the airport and Auckland in December 2015,[55] but discontinued them in 2020.[56] United Airlines cancelled non-stop flights from Newark, New Jersey in October 2019.[57]

In January 2018, Aerolineas Argentinas cancelled the non-stop flight to Barcelona.[58] Later, low-cost carriers LEVEL and Norwegian started long-haul flights to Ezeiza airport from Barcelona and London-Gatwick, respectively. The Norwegian carrier discontinued the route in April 2020.[59] Ethiopian Airlines and Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air launched new flights to Buenos Aires.[60] Aerolíneas Argentinas started flights to Orlando in December 2019 but in March 2020 the route was discontinued. LATAM Argentina ended its operations in June 2020 and discontinued routes to Miami and Brazil.[61] In July 2020 American Airlines discontinued its Los Angeles route.[62]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at EZE airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
PassengersChange from previous yearAircraft operationsChange from previous yearCargo
(metric tons)		Change from previous year
2005 6,365,98914.34%62,048 6.10%177,358 1.41%
2006 6,867,596 7.88%63,693 2.65%187,415 5.67%
2007 7,487,779 9.03%70,57610.81%204,909 9.33%
2008 8,012,794 7.01%71,037 0.65%205,506 0.29%
2009 7,910,048 1.28%67,488 5.00%162,80620.78%
2010 8,786,80711.08%65,063 3.59%212,89030.96%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics
(Years 2005–2010)
Busiest international routes from and to Ezeiza (2017)[63]
Rank City Passengers
1 Santiago, Chile 1,130,000
2 Miami, USA 1,001,000
3 Lima, Peru 896,000
4 Madrid, Spain 815,000
5 São Paulo, Brazil 739,000
6 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 654,000
7 Bogotá, Colombia 372,000
8 Rome, Italy 332,000
9 New York City 329,000
10 Panama City, Panama 275,000

Accidents and incidents

As of August 2011, Aviation Safety Network records 30 accidents/incidents for aircraft that departed from the airport or had it as a destination.[64] The list below provides a summary of the fatal events that took place at or in the vicinity of the airport.

  • 23 October 1996: Argentine Air Force Flight 5025, a Boeing 707-320C, registration LV-LGP, was operating a cargo service when it struck the ground short of the runway on final approach to Ezeiza inbound from Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, broke up, and burst into flames. Two occupants of the aircraft lost their lives.[65][66]
  • 26 October 2003: CATA Línea Aérea Flight 760, a Fairchild FH-227B, tail number LV-MGV, was operating a nonscheduled Ezeiza–Corrientes freighter service when it encountered technical difficulties shortly after takeoff from Ezeiza Airport. The aircraft attempted a belly landing on a nearby golf course. The aircraft skidded some 200 m before hitting a tree and bursting into flames. All five occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.[67][68]

See also
  • List of airports in Argentina
  • List of the busiest airports in Argentina
  • Transport in Argentina

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