Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport)

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela
IATA: CTC ICAO: SANC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Serves	Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Location	Ruta P33, Km 22, Los Puestos (K4712XAI)
Elevation AMSL	464 m / 1,522 ft
Coordinates	28°35′35″S 065°45′03″W / 28.59306°S 65.75083°W / -28.59306; -65.75083Coordinates: 28°35′35″S 065°45′03″W / 28.59306°S 65.75083°W / -28.59306; -65.75083
Map
CTC Airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 50,551 Passenger change 15–16 12.6% Aircraft movements 1,575 Movements change 15–16 12.4%
Source: DAFIF, 2016 World Airport Traffic Report.

Passengers	50,551
Passenger change 15–16	12.6%
Aircraft movements	1,575
Movements change 15–16	12.4%

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela) (IATA: CTC, ICAO: SANC) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina serving the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca.

It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction started on the terminal on 9 June 1981 and ended 23 April 1987.

It has a 3,172 m² passenger terminal, 84,000 m² of runways, one 1,700 m² hangar, and a parking place for 35 cars.

Since 1999, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, 44,477 passengers went through Catamarca Airport.

Felipe Varela was a militar born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile in 1870. He is nicknamed "The Last Warlord".