Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport PDP / SULS
Punta del Este, Maldonado · Uruguay · Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. (CAISA); administrative coordination by DINACIA
98kpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100/130
ICAO / IATASULS / PDP
OperatorConsorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. (CAISA); administrative coordination by DINACIA
Coordinates34.8575°S, 55.0981°W
Elevation95 ft · 29 m
Time zoneUYT (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr97,972 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100/130
Bonded—
AIP referenceSULS — AIP Uruguay / DINACIA
Operating hoursH24 -- airport operator, ATC tower (118.3/122.1 MHz), ATIS (132.1 MHz), customs/immigration and fuelling all operate 24 hours; no fixed nightly curfew. During peak summer season (15 Dec-15 Mar) ATC applies special slot/departure-delay planning on weekends, holidays and their eves due to high traffic density; no PPR required for scheduled or GA traffic.
TerminalsSingle 3-story passenger terminal (architect Carlos Ott, opened 1997) on the Commercial Aviation apron with 11 aircraft parking stands (apron/bus boarding, no jet bridges), duty-free shop and VIP lounge; separate General Aviation apron with N/S/E/W stands plus a central apron and helicopter parking on the East apron.
Runways (2)
- 01/19 · 1,600 m / 5,249 ft · 38 m wide · Asphalt concrete
- 08/26 · 2,133 m / 6,999 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt concrete
Airport contact
Regional/resort gateway serving Punta del Este and Maldonado on the Laguna del Sauce, roughly 15 km WNW of the city; Uruguay's second-busiest airport by scheduled traffic with pronounced seasonal peaks each Dec-Mar summer season. Scheduled carriers include Aerolíneas Argentinas, Azul, Gol (seasonal) and Paranair (seasonal).
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 6 providers
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
Airport operator (Corporacion America Airports) self-performs ramp/passenger handling at PDP - baggage load/unload and passenger boarding/deplaning per the operator's own service description; also listed as the airport's "Handler" for SULS/PDP on Business Air News (fax •••).
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PHB-OPS Ground Handling Services
24hr ground handling agent based at PDP (co. frequency 131.7); listed as FBO/Handler agent for Punta del Este (Capitan Curbelo) on Business Air News and AC-U-KWIK (fax •••, web www.phb-ops.com). · 24hrs
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FBO Uruguay
FBO offering ground handling, passenger-terminal and executive-flight coordination at PDP; company's own site lists its office at Ruta 93 Km. 113, Maldonado (fbouruguay.com); also listed as Agent for Capitan C. Curbelo/PDP on Business Air News.
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Pike Aviation
24hr FBO/handling agent at PDP (co. frequency 128.375); listed as agent for Punta del Este (Capitan Curbelo) on Business Air News, part of a regional network of 18+ locations also covering Paraguay (confirmed Agent listing at Ciudad del Este/Guarani Intl on Business Air News). · 24hrs
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Aerowise
Buenos Aires-headquartered Southern Cone FBO/handling network with a confirmed listing at SULS-PDP (FlightBridge: "Aerowise - FBO/Handler (SULS-PDP) Capitan Corbeta C.A. Curbelo", contact •••, •••); also present at multiple Argentine airports. · 24/7
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Global Airport Services
Ground handling and passenger-service company headquartered at Carrasco (Montevideo) that explicitly states on its own site it also operates in Punta del Este, with 130+ staff supporting 10+ international airlines region-wide; services include passenger services, turnaround coordination, ticketing, lost & found, GSA and aviation security.
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Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
Operates the Jet A-1 into-plane fuelling plant at PDP. ANCAP ceased direct operation of the plant in Aug 2023 and now leases the infrastructure to the airport concessionaire, which runs dispensing while ANCAP continues to supply the product under a per-sale canon (El Observador, "Ancap deja de operar planta en aeropuerto de Punta del Este", 8-Aug-2023).
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ANCAP (Administracion Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland)
State oil company; remains the Jet A-1 product supplier at PDP under a lease/canon-per-sale arrangement with the airport concessionaire after ceasing direct plant operation in Aug 2023 (El Observador, "Ancap deja de operar planta en aeropuerto de Punta del Este", 8-Aug-2023).
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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
Available
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
The General Aviation Terminal (opened late 2024) lists Catering among its principal services on the airport's own website (aeropuertodepuntadeleste.com.uy/aviacion-general).
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Aircraft cleaning
Available
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
Self-performs aircraft interior cleaning across its airport network including PDP, per the operator's own service description ("Limpieza de aeronaves").
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
Handles cargo/parcel movement and baggage transfer at PDP ("Manejo de carga y encomiendas") per the operator's own service description; airport cargo throughput is modest (historically in the low hundreds of tonnes/year).
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Aviation security
Available
Policia Aerea Nacional (PAN)
Statutory aviation-security provider at PDP: per DINACIA/Poder Ejecutivo Resolucion 218/021 (5-Nov-2021, published on impo.com.uy), airport security is the competence of the Policia Aerea Nacional while the concessionaire only provides infrastructure; PAN is also explicitly listed among the agencies present at the airport's General Aviation terminal on the airport's own website (aeropuertodepuntadeleste.com.uy/aviacion-general), with airport-desk extensions (••• ext. 124/207.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
GA Terminal offers dedicated vehicle transfer to/from aircraft ("Traslado exclusivo desde y hacia las Aeronaves en vehiculos de primer nivel") per the airport's own website. · 24/7 GA terminal
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Flight support
Available · 4 providers
Aeropuertos Uruguay (Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. - CAISA)
Airport/FBO desk (CAISA) centralises migraciones, customs and DINACIA/Policia Aerea Nacional paperwork for GA flights; also listed as FBO/Handler for PDP on Business Air News.
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FBO Uruguay
Executive/business aviation trip planning and passenger/crew service coordination at PDP, per the company's own website.
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Aerowise
Offers international trip support (permits, dispatch coordination) network-wide per the company's own site (aerowise.aero), applicable to its PDP listing.
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Air Dispatch Aviation
Regional flight-support/handling agent (est. 1982) operating across Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay; listed as an Agent for Capitan Curbelo/Laguna del Sauce (PDP) on Business Air News; own site (airdispatchfbo.com) describes overflight/landing-permit coordination among its services. Phone corrected from draft's "•••" (a digit-transposition that appears only on the PDP-specific Business Air News listing) to "•••", which matches the company's own site and its listings at every other airport (El Calafate, Ciudad del Este) plus its Business Air News company profile. · 24hrs
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Hotel & travel
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