Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport

ICAO SAAR32.9036°S 60.7850°W26 m / 85 ftLarge airport

Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport (IATA: ROS, ICAO: SAAR) is a large airport in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 410 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940

1940

OpenedRosario Islas Malvinas International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

02/20010° / 190° · LIT

LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

235K

353K

478K

731K

848K

765K

168K

103K

369K

500K

445K

410K

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Routes

9 destinations · 6 countries

Year-round7

RCQReconquista AirportArgentina · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)424 km263 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil1,752 km1,089 mi GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos2,052 km1,275 mi LIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru2,856 km1,775 mi PTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines5,066 km3,148 mi PUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Arajet5,780 km3,592 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · World2Fly10,052 km6,246 mi

Seasonal2

FLNHercílio Luz International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,310 km814 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Gol Transportes Aéreos1,752 km1,089 mi

Seasonal charter1

NATRio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil4,002 km2,487 mi

Most destinationsGol Transportes Aéreos 3LATAM Brasil 2Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) 1LATAM Airlines Peru 1Copa Airlines 1Arajet 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ROS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers410K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,200of 3,974 · #105 South America · #14 AR Longest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =56 South America · =5 AR Elevation26 m85 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,438of 43,341 · =8,192 South America · =697 AR AgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =25 South America · #3 AR Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =95 AR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels

TWRTWR/APP118.700