FTE — El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport
- IATA code
- FTE
- ICAO code
- SAWC
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 597,982
- 2018 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3
- America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
- Elevation
- 204 m
- 669 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,550 m
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About FTE
El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving El Calafate, Argentina. It opened in 2000. 597,982 passengers used it in 2018. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from FTE.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from FTE
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| FTE → SCL | 1,879 km | 7,393 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, JAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Chile. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| RYO | 28 de Noviembre Airport | 148 km |
| PNT | Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport | 158 km |
| GGS | Gobernador Gregores Airport | 216 km |
| RGL | Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport | 242 km |
| PUQ | President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport | 314 km |
Distance from FTE to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/25 | 2,550 m | 45 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina · -50.2803, -72.0534
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