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
- 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.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 5,800 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Bombardier Global 5500 5,490 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G500 5,300 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X 5,480 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP 5,450 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G400 5,000 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900LX 5,360 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Global 5000 needs 5,540 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000EX needs 5,585 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G450 needs 5,600 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