AviatDataAeropuerto Internacional Astor Piazzolla MDQ / SAZM
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires · Argentina · Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
303kpax · 2023
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATASAZM / MDQ
OperatorAeropuertos Argentina 2000
Coordinates37.9342°S, 57.5736°W
Elevation71 ft · 22 m
Time zoneART (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr303,172 (2023)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceSAZM — AIP Argentina / ANAC
Operating hoursH24 (tower and terminal operate 24 hours); no curfew, no PPR required for scheduled airline traffic.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (built 1978, expanded 1994) with separate departure/arrival areas; remote apron boarding via stairs, no jet bridges.
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 2,200 m / 7,218 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS/DME RWY 13
Airport contact
Named for Mar del Plata-born composer Astor Piazzolla, this OACI 4D international airport anchors Argentina's leading Atlantic beach-resort city, with Aerolineas Argentinas providing the bulk of domestic service (to Aeroparque, Cordoba, Mendoza and other points) alongside LADE regional flights; demand is strongly seasonal, spiking each Dec-Mar summer holiday period.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed
Aerohandling (Aerolíneas Argentinas)
Self-handled, Aerolíneas Argentinas/Austral. Intercargo (Argentina's former state ramp-handling monopoly) does not include Mar del Plata among its 16 serviced airports — independently re-confirmed by fetching argentina.gob.ar/intercargo/aeropuertos, whose current 16-airport list (AEP, BRC, COR, CPC, CRD, EZE, FTE, IGR, JUJ, MDZ, NQN, RGL, ROS, SLA, TUC, USH) genuinely omits MDQ. Argentine aviation trade press covering the 2024 ramp-handling deregulation states that at airports outside Intercargo's network, Aerohandling — Aerolíneas Argentinas' in-house ground-handling subsidiary — covers the flag carrier's own ramp/turnaround needs; no MDQ-specific citation was found, so marked unconfirmed.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
YPF S.A.
Listed as the PROVEEDOR (supplier) for Mar del Plata (IATA MDQ / ICAO SAZM) in ANAC's official aerocombustibles price-declaration database (cad.anac.gob.ar/DeclaracionAerocombustibles), supplying Jet A-1 and Avgas 100LL through YPF's nationwide Aeroplantas distribution network. Consistent with YPF's well-documented national aviation-fuel network; the live ANAC portal is a JS application that could not be re-queried directly during, so treat the specific database line item as not independently re-verified this cycle.
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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
Available
Aeropuertos Argentina Cargas (TCA)
Aeropuertos Argentina's cargo business unit operates a branch cargo terminal at Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata (Ruta Nac. 2, km 398); fiscal-deposit warehousing and import/export handling for airlines, freight forwarders and customs brokers. Re-verified directly against the operator's own aeropuertosargentinacargas.com/contacto.aspx branch directory, which lists this exact MDQ address, phone and email.
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Aviation security
Available
Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria (PSA)
PSA is Argentina's statutory aviation-security police force (Ley 26.102, argentina.gob.ar/psa), with nationwide jurisdiction over security screening, access control and airside policing at all SNA/AA2000 commercial airports, including Aeropuerto Internacional Astor Piazzolla (MDQ). Re-confirmed via argentina.gob.ar/psa, which describes its nationwide Preventive Airport Security Operational Units (UOSP) structure.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
Hertz
Car rental counter at the Aeropuerto Internacional Astor Piazzolla terminal building, confirmed directly on Hertz Argentina's own branch listing (hertz.com.ar), which names the "Aeropuerto Astor Piazzolla" location. •••) and hours "Todos los días 07:00-21:00" — the previously recorded local number and the 07:10 opening time did not match this source and have been replaced. · 07:00-21:00
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Avis
Car rental counter at the Mar del Plata airport terminal. Branch page independently re-confirmed live at avis.com.ar/oficinas/mdq, explicitly titled for Aeropuerto Internacional de Mar del Plata Astor Piazzolla (MDQ). The specific phone, hours and coordinates below could not be re-extracted (JS-rendered office page) but are not contradicted by any source found. · Mon-Fri 07:00-20:00, Sat 07:00-14:00, Sun closed
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed