Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport, is the main airport in La Rioja Province, Argentina serving the city of La Rioja. In 2007, 41,155 passengers used La Rioja Airport.
The airport was named for Vicente Almandos Almonacid (1882-1953)
The airport was built in 1948, and was officially inaugurated with an LADE Viking flight on October 11th, 1948 (joining La Rioja with Buenos Aires vía Río Cuarto, San Luis, Santa Rosa and Córdoba). The first terminal was constructed in 1951. 1952 Aerolíneas Argentinas started flying to La Rioja.
In 1969, a new runway was paved (old one: 18/36 GRASS, new one 03/21 ASPHALT). In 1978 a new terminal was built, and in 1990 air conditioning was installed.
It has a 940 m² passenger terminal, 85,000 m² of runways, 33,800m² of Taxiways, 1,730 m² hangar and a parking place for 70 cars.
Since March 16, 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
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