# Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL / SAWG)

**Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport** (IATA: RGL, ICAO: SAWG) is a large airport in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has one runway, 2,750 m (9,022 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina. In 2025 it handled 132 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RGL / SAWG
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Argentina
- Serves: Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 19 m / 61 ft
- Coordinates: -51.6088, -69.3089
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,750 m / 9,022 ft
- Passengers: 132,146 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piloto_Civil_Norberto_Fern%C3%A1ndez_International_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2876048
- Weather station: SAWG · WMO 87925
- Ident: SAWG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 086° / 266° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 245,297 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 290,387 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 255,469 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 248,479 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 232,135 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 251,279 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2020 | 69,394 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2021 | 90,719 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2022 | 200,198 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2023 | 234,517 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2024 | 180,157 | ANAC Argentina |
| 2025 | 132,146 | ANAC Argentina |

## Routes

6 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [PUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scci.md) President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport · Chile · 187 km / 116 mi · LATAM Chile
- [FTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sawc.md) El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport · Argentina · 242 km / 150 mi · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
- [RGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sawe.md) Gobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International Airport · Argentina · 263 km / 163 mi · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
- [USH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sawh.md) Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport · Argentina · 366 km / 227 mi · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
- [CRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/savc.md) General Enrique Mosconi International Airport · Argentina · 661 km / 411 mi · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
- [MPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egyp.md) Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant · Falkland Islands · 748 km / 465 mi · LATAM Chile

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 5U [Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lineas-aereas-del-estado-lade) · 4
- [LATAM Chile](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-chile) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 132K (2025) | #1,717 of 3,974 | #159 in South America | #26 in AR |
| Longest runway | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | =1,734 of 29,858 | #96 in South America | #17 in AR |
| Elevation | 19 m / 61 ft | =38,655 of 43,403 | =8,358 in South America | #731 in AR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =95 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP/TWR | 119.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 116.700 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.100 |
| TCA | CON | 124.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [AR-0316](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0316.md) Rio Chico Airport · 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
- [AR-0579](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0579.md) Coy Aike Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [AR-0685](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0685.md) Monte Aymond Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [AR-0713](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ar-0713.md) Las Horquetas Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [SCBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scbs.md) Posesión Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [SCPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scpx.md) Punta Catalina Airport · 112 km / 70 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: “Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piloto_Civil_Norberto_Fernández_International_Airport&oldid=1374341453), 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/sawg/data