# Santa Cruz Airport (RZA / SAWU)

**Santa Cruz Airport** (IATA: RZA, ICAO: SAWU) is a medium airport in Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RZA / SAWU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Elevation: 111 m / 364 ft
- Coordinates: -50.0165, -68.5792
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Airport_(Argentina) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7419395
- Weather station: SAWU · WMO 87912
- Ident: SAWU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 078° / 258° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | =3,972 of 29,858 | =304 in South America | #63 in AR |
| Elevation | 111 m / 364 ft | =29,807 of 43,403 | =6,812 in South America | =361 in AR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =95 in AR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 118.600 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/sawu/data