UAQSANU

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

San Juan, Argentina · Latin America

Latin America America/Argentina/San_Juan

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,460 mLongest runway

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Juan – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) (IATA: UAQ, ICAO: SANU) is an airport in San Juan Province, Argentina, serving the city of San Juan. It is named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888), the seventh President of Argentina. Planning to build San Juan Airport started on 15 February 1958. The plans were authorized in 1961, and construction started in 1971. It was almost finished by 1977, but was destroyed in the 1977 San Juan earthquake. Reconstruction occurred between 1977 and 1980, and the new airport was inaugurated on 25 February 1981. It is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. The airport became international in 1980s when Ladeco operated a flight between San Juan and La Serena, Chile and the service was later ended in mid-1990s.

Location

31.572°S, 68.418°O · 597 m s. n. m. (1.958 ft)

General data

CountryArgentina

CitySan Juan

IATA codeUAQ

ICAO codeSANU

Coordinates31.572°S, 68.418°O

Elevation597 m s. n. m. (1.958 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Argentina/San_Juan

Runways1

Longest runway2,460 m

OperatorAeropuertos Argentina

Direct destinations1

Runways · 1

18/36

Length2,460 m8,071 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

119.350TWR · APP

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Aerolíneas Argentinas

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). Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UAQ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_uaq,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UAQ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/UAQ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

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