Uruguaiana–Ruben Berta International Airport Aeroporto International de Uruguaiana–Ruben Berta | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
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Serves | Uruguaiana | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | BRT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 78 m / 256 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°47′00″S 057°02′13″W / 29.78333°S 57.03694°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Uruguaiana–Ruben Berta International Airport (IATA: URG, ICAO: SBUG) is the airport serving Uruguaiana, Brazil. Since September 29, 1967 it is named after Ruben Berta (1907–1966), third Manager-Director of Varig.[5][6] Even though Ruben Berta was spelled as Ruben the airport's official name is spelled Rubem.
It is operated by CCR.
The airport was commissioned in 1945 and the terminal building in 1968. On September 29, 1967, the airport was renamed after Ruben Berta.[6]
Previously operated by Infraero, on April 7, 2021 CCR won a 30-year concession to operate the airport.[7]
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Azul Brazilian Airlines | Porto Alegre (suspended)[8] Seasonal: Florianópolis |
Voepass Linhas Aéreasa | Porto Alegre (suspended)[8] |
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a: Flight operated with Voepass equipment on behalf of LATAM Brasil.
The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Uruguaiana.
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