Artigas Airport

Artigas International Airport is an airport serving Artigas, capital of the Artigas Province of Uruguay. The airport is 2 km west of the city, and is close to the border with Brazil.

The airport was opened in November 1973.

The Artigas non-directional beacon (Ident: AT) is located 0.7 nmi off the threshold of Runway 29. The Monte Caseros VOR-DME (Ident: MCS) is located 59.1 nmi west of the airport.

Accidents and incidents

 * 10 February 1978: a TAMU Douglas C-47A 75-DL registration CX-BJH/T511 flying from Artigas to Montevideo crashed shortly after take-off from Artigas on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. All 44 people on board, comprising 38 passengers and 6 crew, were killed, making this the second-worst crash involving a DC-3 (or derivative), and the worst aviation accident in Uruguay at the time. The airframe in question had first flown in 1943, and was damaged beyond repair in the accident.