Leg 68 SAZB - Bahia Blanca (Argentina) to SAZN - Neuquen (Argentina)
SAZB - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SAZB
Airport name: Comdte Espora Airport
Location: Bahia Blanca
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Bahia Blanca Airport Info
Bahía Blanca, city in eastern Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province, a seaport at the head of the Bahía Blanca (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). The leading city of eastern Argentina, it is an important transshipping and commercial center, handling the large export trade in grain and wool from southern Buenos Aires Province, oil from Neuquén, and fruit from the Río Negro Valley. The National University of the South (1956) is in Bahía Blanca. The city was founded as a fort in 1828 and became commercially important after the construction of a railroad through the area in 1885. Population (1991) 260,096.
SAZN - Airport Info
ICAO code: SAZN
Airport name: Neuquen Airport
Location: Neuquen
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Neuquen Info
Neuquén Province
Population: 500,886 people (1997)
Surface: 94,078 km2
Capital: Neuquén
Main cities: Neuquén, Zapala, Chos Malal, Alumine, San Martín de los Andes, Cutral Có.
General aspect: Two main zones are distinguished: the mountainous west, with abundant rains, lakes and vegetation; and the own Eastern part of the Patagonian plateau, with few precipitations and very barren.
Climate: Of continental type. In the region of the Andes Mountain r the climate is cold and humid, with temperatures that oscillate between the 5 and 12 degrees Celsius and rains that reach 2,000 annual mm. In the mountainous zone, north for the Alumine lake, the climate is semi-arid, with rain between 150 and 300 mm. In the rest of the province it is cold, dry, windy and with inferior rains to 150 mm.