AviatDataSuboficial Ayudante Santiago Germano Airport AFA / SAMR
San Rafael, Mendoza · Argentina · Aeropuertos Argentina S.A. (AA2000)
48kpax · 2024
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATASAMR / AFA
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina S.A. (AA2000)
Coordinates34.5883°S, 68.4039°W
Elevation2,470 ft · 753 m
Time zoneART (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr48,000 (2024)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceSAMR — AIP Argentina / ANAC
Operating hoursDaylight hours only, approx. 0700-2100 local; VFR field, no ILS, no scheduled night operations; single daily Aerolineas Argentinas rotation dictates effective operating window.
TerminalsSingle small regional terminal building with one apron stand; walk-out boarding, no jet bridges.
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 2,110 m / 6,923 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Served exclusively by Aerolineas Argentinas on a single domestic route to Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, functioning as the air gateway to San Rafael's wine-growing and Andean-foothill tourism area in southern Mendoza Province; the surrounding Cuyo region is periodically affected by strong Zonda foehn winds off the Andes.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
On request
Swissport Argentina S.A.
Authorized by Argentina's Secretaría de Transporte (Disposición 36/2025, Boletín Oficial N° 35.773, 20-Oct-2025; Swissport Argentina S.A., CUIT •••) to operate general airport ground-handling and ramp services (baggage handling, marshalling, aircraft towing) at 37 Argentine airports; San Rafael is named explicitly in the official published list (alongside Aeroparque, Rosario, Mendoza, Córdoba, etc.), confirmed via the government's own announcement on argentina.gob.ar. This is a national-authority licence, not a confirmed daily operating station — no separate evidence of Swissport staff physically active on the ramp here was found, so treat as on_request/authorized pending local mobilization.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
YPF S.A.
Operates the aviation-fuel depot ("aeroplanta") at San Rafael Airport, supplying into-plane fuel through a local permisionario (named on the signed 17-Nov-2025 operational-safety minute as Aldo Matbichuk); confirmed via multiple Dec-2025 Mendoza press reports (Sitio Andino, Diario San Rafael, Diario InfoYa) after an incident in which anti-hail aircraft could not refuel overnight, and by Diario San Rafael's publication of the underlying document tied to Resolución N° 10/2025 (Comité de Seguridad Operacional del Sistema de Lucha Antigranizo, signed jointly with ANAC) naming the YPF aeroplanta at Santiago Germano airport as responsible for round-the-clock fuel provision.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Available
Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria (PSA)
National aviation-security police force; its Unidad Operacional de Seguridad Preventiva (UOSP) San Rafael has jurisdiction over Aeropuerto Nacional Suboficial Ayudante Santiago Germano — confirmed via a historical Boletín Oficial creation notice naming this jurisdiction explicitly, PSA's own current organisational listing, and the Jun-2025 national reorganization of PSA's airport security units — and provides aviation security/screening while protecting the airport's installations, per PSA's official public announcements.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed