# San Fernando Airport, San Fernando, Argentina

**San Fernando Airport** is a medium airport in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It opened in 1920. It has one runway, 1,801 m (5,909 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina. In 2025 it handled 33 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sadf

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Argentina
- Serves: San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Opened: 1920
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -34.4532, -58.5896
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,801 m / 5,909 ft
- Passengers: 33,135 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- Website: http://www.aa2000.com.ar/eng/home/index.php?&cambioTop=SI&cmbAirports=14
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Airport_(Argentina) (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8190630
- Weather station: SADF · WMO 87553
- Ident: SADF

## Timeline

- 1920: San Fernando Airport opens.
- 18 Dec 2024: 2024 Bombardier Challenger 300 plane crash. 2 killed.
- 18 Dec 2024: Runway excursion at San Fernando International Airport in 2024. 2 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5/23 | 1,801 m / 5,909 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 8,222 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 7,072 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 5,627 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,604 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 5,135 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 39,138 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2020 | 24,441 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2021 | 45,443 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2022 | 47,737 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2023 | 48,461 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2024 | 36,477 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2025 | 33,135 | ANAC Argentina |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 33K (2025) | #2,252 of 3,974 | #229 in South America | #37 in AR |
| Longest runway | 1,801 m / 5,909 ft | =4,809 of 29,858 | =362 in South America | =69 in AR |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =8,753 in South America | =776 in AR |
| Age | Opened 1920 | =185 of 15,079 | =1 in South America | #1 in AR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =95 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| TWR | FERNANDO TWR | 120.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [EPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sadp.md) El Palomar Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [AEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sabe.md) Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · 20 km / 12 mi
- [EZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saez.md) Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · 41 km / 26 mi
- [LPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sadl.md) La Plata Airport · 86 km / 53 mi

## Sources

- [ANAC Argentina](https://datos.transporte.gob.ar/dataset/aterrizajes-y-despegues-procesados-por-la-administracion-nacional-de-aviacion-civil-anac): Argentina: ANAC, Aterrizajes y despegues (CC BY 4.0) (CC BY 4.0)
- [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/sadf/data