Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (Laguna del Sauce) SULS / PDP
Punta del Este's airport by the Laguna del Sauce, 20 minutes from the peninsula and José Ignacio, with customs and an FBO. Extremely busy from Christmas through February, when parking is pre-booked and aircraft reposition to Montevideo (Carrasco); quiet the rest of the year.
6,890 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Punta del Este
1
FBOs / handlers
95 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 in season (verify)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 15 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Gulfstream/Global class.
- Website
- www.puntadelesteairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Punta del Este Airport FBO (Corporación América)
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 6,890 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo needs 6,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) needs 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft