AirportsEsquel Brigadier Antonio Parodi International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Esquel, in Chubut Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is EQS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- EQS
- ICAO code
- SAVE
- City
- Esquel
- State or region
- Chubut Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 42.9080° S, 71.1395° W
- Elevation
- 799 m (2,621 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, EQS means Esquel Brigadier Antonio Parodi International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SAVE. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 42.9080° S, 71.1395° W. It stands 799 metres (2,621 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Esquel, about 15 km away in a straight line.
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
Esquel Brigadier Antonio Parodi International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 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 26.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/23 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | 40 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 8/26 | 1,200 m 3,937 ft | 30 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Teniente Luis Candelaria International AirportSan Carlos de Bariloche | BRC | 195 km |
| Mocopulli AirportDalcahue, Chile | MHC | 220 km |
| El Tepual International AirportPuerto Montt, Chile | PMC | 229 km |
| Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert AirportOsorno, Chile | ZOS | 301 km |
| Aviador C. Campos AirportChapelco/San Martin de los Andes | CPC | 315 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,762 km | 20 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,735 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,811 km | 18 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 12,502 km | 15 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,294 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,803 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,369 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,246 km | 21 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,448 km | 13 h 05 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.