El Plumerillo Airport
Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gobernador Francisco Gabrielli) (IATA: MDZ, ICAO: SAME), better known as El Plumerillo International Airport, is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the centre of Mendoza, capital of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
The 4th Air Brigade (El Plumerillo Military Air Base) is located on the southern section of the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
Change from previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 652,504 |  10.20% |
14,938 | 4.32% |
2,645 | 17.87%
|
| 2006 | 655,318 | 0.43% |
12,586 |  15.75% |
3,054 | 15.46%
|
| 2007 | 689,963 | 5.29% |
10,625 | 15.58% |
3,364 | 10.15%
|
| 2008 | 780,464 | 13.12% |
12,017 | 13.10% |
3,436 | 2.14%
|
| 2009 | 858,984 | 10.06% |
12,354 | 2.80% |
2,759 | 19.70%
|
| 2010 | 976,889 | 13.73% |
13,688 | 10.80% |
5,533 | 100.54%
|
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010) | ||||||
Accidents and incidents
- 20 January 1944: A LanChile Lodestar 18–50, registration CC-CLC-0072, was due to operate a Mendoza–San Juan cargo service when it crashed on takeoff, killing all 12 occupants aboard.