Hotels near ⁨Teniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)⁩

San Carlos de Bariloche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Carlos de Bariloche) (IATA: BRC, ICAO: SAZS), also known as Teniente Luis Candelaria Airport, is an international airport serving the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,810 hectares (4,500 acres; 7.0 sq mi) and has a 12,000-square-metre (130,000 sq ft) terminal; it is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) out of the city. == Airlines and destinations == == Accidents and incidents == === Accidents involving fatalities === 13 May 1957: A LADE Vickers VC.1 Viking, registration T-3, flew into mountainous terrain, 30 kilometres (19 mi) out of San Carlos de Bariloche. All 16 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident. 16 March 1975: A LADE Fokker F27-400M, tail number TC-72, struck a mountain, 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the city, while on approach to the airport inbound from El Palomar. There were 52 fatalities. 21 November 1977: An Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11, registration LV-JGY, that was operating a domestic non-scheduled Buenos Aires–Bariloche as Flight 9, made a premature descent and crashed into mountainous terrain on final approach to the airport, 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of the city, killing 46 of 79 occupants on board. === Non-fatal hull-losses === 16 August 1989: A LADE Fokker F28-1000C, tail number TC-51, failed to get airborne and overran the runway, being stopped by a dike. == Statistics == == See also == Argentina portal Aviation portal Transport in Argentina List of airports in Argentina == References == == External links == Official website Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 "Airport information for SAZS" – via Great Circle Mapper. Accident history for BRC at Aviation Safety Network