AirportsGobernador Castello Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Viedma / Carmen de Patagones, in Río Negro Province, Argentina. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VDM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VDM
- ICAO code
- SAVV
- City
- Viedma / Carmen de Patagones
- State or region
- Río Negro Province
- Country
- Argentina
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.8692° S, 63.0004° W
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,550 m (8,366 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VDM means Gobernador Castello Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SAVV. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.8692° S, 63.0004° W. It stands 6 metres (20 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
Gobernador Castello Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,550 metres (8,366 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 19.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,550 m 8,366 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 2/20 | 1,510 m 4,954 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine de Saint Exupéry AirportSan Antonio Oeste | OES | 172 km |
| Comandante Espora AirportBahía Blanca | BHI | 249 km |
| El Tehuelche AirportPuerto Madryn | PMY | 273 km |
| Almirante Marco Andres Zar AirportRawson | REL | 321 km |
| Necochea AirportNecochea | NEC | 445 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,158 km | 20 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,192 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,140 km | 17 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,913 km | 14 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,129 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,066 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,430 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 17,945 km | 22 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,990 km | 13 h 45 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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