AirportsDomingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is a medium-sized airport serving San Juan, in San Juan Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is UAQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- UAQ
- ICAO code
- SANU
- City
- San Juan
- State or region
- San Juan Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 31.5715° S, 68.4182° W
- Elevation
- 597 m (1,958 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,460 m (8,071 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, UAQ means Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SANU. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 31.5715° S, 68.4182° W. It stands 597 metres (1,958 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Argentina/San Juan, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,460 metres (8,071 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 23.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,460 m 8,071 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Governor Francisco Gabrielli International AirportMendoza | MDZ | 144 km |
| Brigadier Mayor D Cesar Raul Ojeda AirportSan Luis | LUQ | 271 km |
| Capitan V A Almonacid AirportLa Rioja | IRJ | 289 km |
| Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile | SCL | 301 km |
| La Florida AirportLa Serena-Coquimbo, Chile | LSC | 323 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,693 km | 20 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,910 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,531 km | 18 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,358 km | 14 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,048 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,970 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,561 km | 20 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,374 km | 21 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,632 km | 14 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.
Links
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