(Ushuaia Travel Tips) – Ushuaia International Airport (IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is located in Ushuaia, a city on the island of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The airport is on a peninsula extending south into the Beagle Channel, and all approaches and departures are over the water. It is the world’s southernmost international airport and is often used by passengers as a cruise ship gateway to the Antarctic. Enjoy the best Ushuaia Airport Photos in this exclusive post!
Ushuaia International Airport can accommodate airplanes as large as the Boeing 747. Tower Air operated 747s into the airport, and Aerolíneas Argentinas operated 747-400s into the airport during events of high passenger numbers (such as entire cruise-ship passenger payloads) until retiring the 747 in February 2012.
Two chartered Air France Concordes also visited in the past: F-BTSD arriving from Buenos Aires and continuing to Santiago, Chile, in early 1999; the second arriving from Easter Island, Chile and continuing to Buenos Aires prior to the cessation of most Concorde charter flights on 25 July 2000 (following the crash of Air France 4590).
In the past, Condor, LTU, Air Berlin and Lufthansa also offered charter flights from Germany, Austrian Airlines from Austria, and XL Airways UK and First Choice Airways from the United Kingdom. It also chartered flights to Maputo, Mozambique.
The airport’s name reflects Argentina’s claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), and could be translated as “Ushuaia – Argentine Malvinas International Airport”.
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Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. Ushuaia claims the title of world’s southernmost city. It was founded on October 12, 1884, by Augusto Lasserre and is located on the shores of the Beagle Channel surrounded by the mountain range of the Martial Glacier, in the Bay of Ushuaia. Besides being an administrative center, it is a light industrial port and tourist hub. Ushuaia is located roughly 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) from the coast of Antarctica.