Leg 74 SAWG - Rio Gallegos (Argentina) to SFAL - Stanley (Falkland Islands)
SAWG - Airport Info
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ICAO code: SAWG
Airport name: Rio Gallegos Airport
Location: Rio Gallegos
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Rio Gallegos Info
This city with a population of 80,000 is the capital of the Province of Santa Cruz. Sitting on the ría Gallegos, it was first named San Alfonso but the El Cano Armada in 1526. The origin of the present name is unknown.
From 1885 to 1895 national authority is established with an administrative organization. Until 1912, the land was occupied for sheep raising activities.
From 1912 to 1920 advantageous conditions for settlement in this then incipient town, were offered to Malvinas Islands and southern Chile residents. Initially, Argentineans constituted 17% of the total population, the majority was English and a high percentage of Chileans and Germans.
The increasing commercial activity was the starting point for the development of Río Gallegos. The first bank was established in 1899 (Bank of Tarapacá and London). In spite of these signs of progress, the city did not grow as much since investors still lived in Punta Arenas, Chile. By 1910, most of the commercial establishments were legally established in Argentina. At the same time, Spanish and Italian immigration began and Río Gallegos developed the profile of a city. Today, it offers all services required by the visitor and is the most important transit point towards the Los Glaciares National Park.
SFAL - Airport Info
ICAO code: SFAL
Airport name: Stanley Airport
Location: Stanley
Useful information
Airport elevation: '
Time zone: UTC-3
Lighted runways : Yes
Maximum runway length: '
Runway surface : Asphalt
Instrument approach (ILS, LOC, LDA, and SDF):
Stanley Info
Though next door to South America and Antarctica, the Falklands are British through and through, with peat fires burning in every hearth and teatimes to set your clock by. With only a scattering of inhabitants (half of whom are British military personnel), it's hardly Touristville.
In reality, the Falkland Islands' capital, Stanley, is little more than a village that, by historical accident, acquired a political status totally out of proportion to its size. Outside Government House, home of the islands' London-appointed governors, there's a visitors book that tradition insists you sign.
As many of its homes and businesses were pieced together from locally quarried stone and timber salvaged from shipwrecks, Stanley has a certain ramshackle charm, accentuated by its brightly painted houses, sprawling kitchen gardens and the smell of peat fires drifting on the breeze.
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