AirportsMartín Miguel de Güemes International Airport is a large airport serving Salta, in Salta Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SLA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SLA
- ICAO code
- SASA
- City
- Salta
- State or region
- Salta Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 24.8560° S, 65.4862° W
- Elevation
- 1,246 m (4,088 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,842 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SLA means Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SASA. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 24.8560° S, 65.4862° W. It stands 1,246 metres (4,088 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Argentina/Salta, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,842 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 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,000 m 9,842 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 06/24 | 2,400 m 7,874 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gobernador Horacio Guzman International AirportSan Salvador de Jujuy | JUJ | 65 km |
| Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International AirportSan Miguel de Tucumán | TUC | 224 km |
| Termas de Río Hondo international AirportTermas de Río Hondo | RHD | 299 km |
| Vicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés AirportSantiago del Estero | SDE | 344 km |
| Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza AirportTarija, Bolivia | TJA | 376 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,290 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,689 km | 19 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,109 km | 17 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,583 km | 13 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,333 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,600 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,168 km | 21 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,322 km | 21 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,416 km | 15 h 30 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.
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