# Rio Chico Airport, Rio Gallegos, Argentina

**Rio Chico Airport** is a small airport in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,400 m (4,593 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0316

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 21 m / 68 ft
- Coordinates: -51.6690, -69.2664
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58821988
- Weather station: SAWG · WMO 87925
- Ident: AR-0316

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3/21 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 8/26 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =881 in South America | =133 in AR |
| Elevation | 21 m / 68 ft | =38,283 of 43,403 | =8,314 in South America | #723 in AR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =14 in AR |

## Nearby airports

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- [AR-0685](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0685.md) Monte Aymond Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [AR-0579](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0579.md) Coy Aike Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [SCBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scbs.md) Posesión Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [AR-0713](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0713.md) Las Horquetas Airport · 73 km / 46 mi
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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0316/data