TUCSANT

Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport

San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina · Latin America

Latin America America/Argentina/Tucuman

8direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

3,500 mLongest runway

1986opened

Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (IATA: TUC, ICAO: SANT) is an international airport 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the city of San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina. It serves Tucumán Province in the north of the country. It was built in 1981, and its terminal was inaugurated on 12 October 1986. The airport provides four departure gates, two arrival gates, immigration and passenger services, plus the second largest cargo terminal in Argentina. The airport is named in honor of Benjamín Matienzo who died in the first attempt to fly over the Andes to Chile.

Location

26.837°S, 65.104°O · 455 m s. n. m. (1.493 ft)

General data

CountryArgentina

CitySan Miguel de Tucumán

IATA codeTUC

ICAO codeSANT

Coordinates26.837°S, 65.104°O

Elevation455 m s. n. m. (1.493 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Argentina/Tucuman

Runways1

Longest runway3,500 m

OperatorAeropuertos Argentina

Opened1986

Direct destinations8

Runways · 1

02/20

Length3,500 m11,483 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

119.500TUCUMAN TWR/APP

Flight information

122.500TUCUMAN RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Aerolíneas Argentinas Copa Airlines JetSmart Argentina

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TUC

MLA

“Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TUC. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TUC (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tuc,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TUC},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TUC}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

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