Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

ICAO SAWH54.8433°S 68.2958°W31 m / 102 ftMedium airport

Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (IATA: USH, ICAO: SAWH) is a medium airport in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It opened on 27 Nov 1995. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1995–1995

27 NOV 1995

OpenedUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

7/25086° / 266° · LIT

LENGTH2,800 m9,186 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2013–2025

555K

610K

688K

754K

799K

794K

930K

514K

987K

1.2M

1.1M

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Routes

7 destinations · 2 countries

Year-round6

RGAGobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International AirportArgentina · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)124 km77 mi RGLPiloto Civil Norberto Fernández International AirportArgentina · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)366 km227 mi FTEEl Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International AirportArgentina · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)567 km352 mi CRDGeneral Enrique Mosconi International AirportArgentina · Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)1,009 km627 mi EZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · JetSmart Argentina2,350 km1,460 mi AEPAeroparque Jorge NewberyArgentina · JetSmart Argentina2,381 km1,479 mi

Seasonal1

GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil, Gol Transportes Aéreos3,931 km2,443 mi

Most destinationsLíneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE) 4JetSmart Argentina 2LATAM Brasil 1Gol Transportes Aéreos 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from USH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#774of 3,974 · #61 South America · #9 AR Longest runway2,800 m9,186 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,614of 29,823 · =78 South America · =13 AR Elevation31 m102 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,702of 43,341 · =8,109 South America · =673 AR AgeOpened 19952026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,561of 15,079 · #142 South America · #18 AR Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =95 AR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels

RDORDO122.100

TWRTWR/APP118.100