AirportsCoronel Felipe Varela International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Catamarca, in Catamarca Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CTC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CTC
- ICAO code
- SANC
- City
- Catamarca
- State or region
- Catamarca Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 28.5931° S, 65.7512° W
- Elevation
- 464 m (1,522 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,800 m (9,186 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CTC means Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SANC. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 28.5931° S, 65.7512° W. It stands 464 metres (1,522 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Argentina/Catamarca, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,800 metres (9,186 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 45 airports of Argentina on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,800 m 9,186 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capitan V A Almonacid AirportLa Rioja | IRJ | 134 km |
| Termas de Río Hondo international AirportTermas de Río Hondo | RHD | 146 km |
| Vicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés AirportSantiago del Estero | SDE | 169 km |
| Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International AirportSan Miguel de Tucumán | TUC | 205 km |
| Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportCordoba | COR | 337 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,402 km | 20 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,698 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,225 km | 17 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,940 km | 13 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,743 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,889 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,796 km | 20 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,496 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,049 km | 15 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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