El Jagüel Airport

El Jagüel Airport is a general aviation airport serving Maldonado, Uruguay. The airport is in the El Jagüel neighborhood of Punta del Este, 1 mi east of Maldonado.

El Jagüel was formerly the main Punta del Este airport, but a major highway was built that cut 560 m from its length, leaving 910 m; a displaced threshold on Runway 01 further reduced the marked runway length to 570 m. Laguna del Sauce Airport now serves the main international and regional airlines.

The runway pavement still extends south across the Av Aparicio Saravia highway, with only a wire fence across the runway to prevent an overrun from encountering traffic.

The Curbelo VOR-DME (Ident: LDS) is located 9.3 nmi west-northwest of the airport. The Curbelo non-directional beacon (Ident: LS) is located 9.6 nmi west-northwest of the runway.