USH — Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport

Medium-sized airport in Ushuaia, Argentina.
IATA code
USH
ICAO code
SAWH
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
794,484
2018 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
3
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−3
America/Argentina/Ushuaia
Elevation
31 m
102 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,800 m

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About USH

Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ushuaia, Argentina. It opened in 1995. 794,484 passengers used it in 2018. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from USH.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from USH

Route Distance Passengers / year
USH → GRU3,929 km 20,286
USH → SCL2,391 km 4,634
USH → PUQ265 km 599

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, ANAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Brazil, JAC (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) for routes in and out of Chile. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
RGAGobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International Airport124 km
PUQPresident Carlos Ibáñez International Airport264 km
RGLPiloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport366 km
RYO28 de Noviembre Airport445 km
PNTLieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport451 km

Distance from USH to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
USH → LHR13,347 km —
USH → DXB14,404 km —
USH → CDG13,267 km —
USH → FRA13,635 km —
USH → IST14,028 km —
USH → AMS13,649 km —
USH → JFK10,593 km —
USH → ATL9,924 km —
USH → LAX10,939 km —
USH → SIN14,032 km —
USH → HND16,974 km —
USH → DOH14,169 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
7/252,800 m 45 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina · -54.8433, -68.2958

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport has the IATA code USH and the ICAO code SAWH. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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