Marambio Airport
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Marambio's runway looking northeast | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government of Argentina | ||||||||||
| Serves | Marambio Base | ||||||||||
| Location | Seymour Island | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 760 ft / 232 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°14′22″S 56°37′50″W / 64.23944°S 56.63056°W | ||||||||||
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Source: GCM SkyVector | |||||||||||
Marambio Airport (ICAO: SAWB) is an airport serving Marambio Base, an Argentinian research station on Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Marambio is the main air-support node for most local and foreign stations in Argentine Antarctica, providing year-round medical evacuation, search and rescue, personnel, cargo, and mail transfer.
Supplies are taken to the Marambio Base during the whole year for later distribution to other Argentine bases (except for Belgrano II). There are over 100 intercontinental flights every year.