Artigas International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas
IATA: ATI – ICAO: SUAG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Artigas
Elevation AMSL		125 m / 410 ft
Coordinates		30°24′03″S 056°30′28″W / 30.40083°S 56.50778°W / -30.40083; -56.50778Coordinates: 30°24′03″S 056°30′28″W / 30.40083°S 56.50778°W / -30.40083; -56.50778
Map
ATI Location in Uruguay
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
11/29	1,273	4,179	Asphalt
05/23	582	1,911	Grass
Statistics
Passengers
Aircraft Operations
Metric tonnes of cargo
Sources: Great Circle Mapper[1]

Artigas International Airport (IATA: ATI, ICAO: SUAG) is the airport serving Artigas, Uruguay.

History [link]

The airport was opened in November 1973.

Airlines and destinations [link]

Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Accidents and incidents [link]

• 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board were killed, making this the second-worst involving a DC-3 and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time.^[2]

Access [link]

The airport is located 3 km (2 mi) from downtown Artigas.

References [link]

External links [link]

	Aviation portal
	Uruguay portal

• Airport information for SUAG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for SUAG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Current weather for SUAG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for ATI at Aviation Safety Network
• Artigas Airport Photo Archive at airliners.net

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