# Gobernador Castello Airport (VDM / SAVV)

**Gobernador Castello Airport** (IATA: VDM, ICAO: SAVV) is a medium airport in Viedma / Carmen de Patagones, Río Negro Province, Argentina. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,550 m (8,366 ft). It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina. In 2025 it handled 35 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VDM / SAVV
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Argentina
- Serves: Viedma / Carmen de Patagones, Río Negro Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: -40.8692, -63.0004
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,550 m / 8,366 ft
- Passengers: 35,487 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Salta
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobernador_Edgardo_Castello_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275888
- Weather station: SAVV · WMO 87791
- Ident: SAVV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,550 m / 8,366 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 106° / 286° | yes |
| 2/20 | 1,510 m / 4,954 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 026° / 206° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 10,745 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 15,332 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 25,093 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 28,358 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 36,534 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 33,360 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 40,125 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2021 | 12,420 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2022 | 30,574 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2023 | 37,289 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2024 | 34,524 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2025 | 35,487 | ANAC Argentina |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [BRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sazs.md) Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport · Argentina · 685 km / 426 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas
- [AEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sabe.md) Aeroparque Jorge Newbery · Argentina · 809 km / 503 mi · Aerolíneas Argentinas

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AR [Aerolíneas Argentinas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-argentinas) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 35K (2025) | #2,224 of 3,974 | #225 in South America | #36 in AR |
| Longest runway | 2,550 m / 8,366 ft | =2,202 of 29,858 | =123 in South America | =23 in AR |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =8,643 in South America | #767 in AR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =21 in South America | =14 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | VIEDMA TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0390.md) Carmen de Patagones Airport · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [AR-0709](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0709.md) Haras Wassermann Airport · 75 km / 46 mi
- [AR-0620](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0620.md) Guardia Mitre Airstrip · 75 km / 47 mi
- [AR-0344](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0344.md) Stroeder Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [AR-0725](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0725.md) Stroeder Southeast Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [AR-0707](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0707.md) Punta Mejillón Airport · 99 km / 62 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: “Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gobernador_Edgardo_Castello_Airport&oldid=1363039531), revision of 7 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/savv/data