# Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ / SANU)

**Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport** (IATA: UAQ, ICAO: SANU) is a medium airport in San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina. It has one runway, 2,460 m (8,071 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina. In 2025 it handled 203 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UAQ / SANU
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Argentina
- Serves: San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 597 m / 1,958 ft
- Coordinates: -31.5715, -68.4182
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,460 m / 8,071 ft
- Passengers: 202,806 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/San_Juan
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655092
- Weather station: SANU · WMO 87311
- Ident: SANU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,460 m / 8,071 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 175,495 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 166,142 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 176,251 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 364,182 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 219,503 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 208,963 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 36,344 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2021 | 76,746 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2022 | 198,285 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2023 | 220,760 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2024 | 189,976 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2025 | 202,806 | ANAC Argentina |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [COR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saco.md) Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport · Argentina · 400 km / 249 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas
- [EZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saez.md) Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · Argentina · 987 km / 613 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas
- [AEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sabe.md) Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Argentina · 989 km / 615 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UAQ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- AR [Aerolíneas Argentinas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-argentinas) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 203K (2025) | #1,531 of 3,974 | #142 in South America | #23 in AR |
| Longest runway | 2,460 m / 8,071 ft | =2,644 of 29,858 | =159 in South America | #30 in AR |
| Elevation | 597 m / 1,958 ft | #9,131 of 43,403 | #1,592 in South America | #94 in AR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =95 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [SA40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sa40.md) San Juan Aeroclub Airport · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [AR-0224](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0224.md) La Laja Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [AR-0249](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0249.md) Lanzillota Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [SAMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/samu.md) Uspallata Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [MDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/same.md) Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport · 144 km / 90 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento_Airport&oldid=1374344060), revision of 11 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/sanu/data