# Area De Material Airport (RCU / SAOC)

**Area De Material Airport** (IATA: RCU, ICAO: SAOC) is a medium airport in Rio Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,265 m (7,431 ft). It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina. In 2024 it handled 28 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RCU / SAOC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Argentina
- Serves: Rio Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 421 m / 1,380 ft
- Coordinates: -33.0851, -64.2613
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,265 m / 7,431 ft
- Passengers: 27,909 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Cordoba
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Higueras_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6492240
- Weather station: SAOC · WMO 87453
- Ident: SAOC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,265 m / 7,431 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° |  |
| 18/36 | 2,075 m / 6,808 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 12 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 122 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 164 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 12,333 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 54,029 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 36,244 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 37,080 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2020 | 5,032 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2021 | 9,760 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2022 | 24,814 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2023 | 29,367 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2024 | 27,909 | ANAC Argentina |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [AEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sabe.md) Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Argentina · 564 km / 350 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AR [Aerolíneas Argentinas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-argentinas) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 28K (2024) | #2,316 of 3,974 | #240 in South America | #38 in AR |
| Longest runway | 2,265 m / 7,431 ft | =3,158 of 29,858 | =196 in South America | =40 in AR |
| Elevation | 421 m / 1,380 ft | =13,032 of 43,403 | #2,842 in South America | #145 in AR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =14 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP/TWR | 118.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [SA17](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sa17.md) Rio Cuarto Aeroclub Airport · 11 km / 6.9 mi
- [AR-0157](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0157.md) Estindher Airport · 16 km / 9.7 mi
- [AR-0778](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0778.md) Estancia El Pericón Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [AR-0032](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0032.md) Alejandro Roca Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [AR-0168](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0168.md) General Deheza Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [AR-0396](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0396.md) Coronel Moldes Airport · 68 km / 42 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: “Las Higueras Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Higueras_Airport&oldid=1364275227), revision of 15 Jul 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/saoc/data