San Fernando Airport SADF / FDO
Buenos Aires's business-aviation airport in the northern suburbs, 45 minutes from Puerto Madero and close to Nordelta and Tigre, with customs, hangars and no airline traffic. The runway limits heavy jets, which use Ezeiza; an extension is planned.
5,800 ft
Longest runway
45 min
Drive to Buenos Aires
2
FBOs / handlers
10 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 07:00–23:00 (extensions PPR, verify)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 30 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light to large-cabin jets on a 1,768 m runway; heavy jets weight-limited.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Aerohandling San Fernando
- Universal Aviation Buenos Aires
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,800 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 5,470 ft
- Bombardier Global 5500 5,340 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X 5,115 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP 5,450 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G350 5,050 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Bombardier Global 5000 needs 5,540 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000EX needs 5,585 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LX needs 5,585 ft
Other airports for Buenos Aires
- Aeroparque Jorge Newbery SABE 6,890 ft · 10 min
- Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza) SAEZ 10,827 ft · 45 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- San Fernando Airport · Robert Underwood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons