AirportsTeniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport is a large airport serving San Miguel de Tucumán, in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TUC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TUC
- ICAO code
- SANT
- City
- San Miguel de Tucumán
- State or region
- Tucumán Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 26.8374° S, 65.1042° W
- Elevation
- 455 m (1,493 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TUC means Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SANT. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 26.8374° S, 65.1042° W. It stands 455 metres (1,493 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Argentina/Tucuman, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,500 metres (11,483 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 45 airports of Argentina on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Termas de Río Hondo international AirportTermas de Río Hondo | RHD | 75 km |
| Vicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés AirportSantiago del Estero | SDE | 130 km |
| Coronel Felipe Varela International AirportCatamarca | CTC | 205 km |
| Martín Miguel de Güemes International AirportSalta | SLA | 224 km |
| Gobernador Horacio Guzman International AirportSan Salvador de Jujuy | JUJ | 272 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,304 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,647 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,122 km | 17 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,743 km | 13 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,556 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,788 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,951 km | 20 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,466 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,249 km | 15 h 15 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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