Rivera International Airport

Coordinates: 30°58′10″S 55°28′24″W / 30.96944°S 55.47333°W / -30.96944; -55.47333
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Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeropuertos Uruguay
ServesRivera, Uruguay
Santana do Livramento, Brazil
LocationRivera, Uruguay
Opened16 June 1979; 44 years ago (1979-06-16)
Elevation AMSL712 ft / 217 m
Coordinates30°58′10″S 55°28′24″W / 30.96944°S 55.47333°W / -30.96944; -55.47333
Map
RVY is located in Uruguay
RVY
RVY
Location in Uruguay
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,830 6,004 Asphalt
Sources: DINACIA[1]

Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (IATA: RVY, ICAO: SURV), formerly called Cerro Chapeu International Airport, is binational airport serving both the cities of Rivera, Uruguay, and Santana do Livramento, Brazil.

History[edit]

The airport was opened on June 16, 1979, and in 1999 was named after Óscar Diego Gestido, President of Uruguay during 1967.

On August 14, 2023 Uruguay and Brazil signed an agreement to binationalize the airport. According to this agreement, as a binational facility, flights originated in Brazil are treated as domestic, even though the facility is in Uruguayan territory.[2][3][4]

This is the first bi-national airport in Latin America and second in the world, after EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg.[5]

There are low wooded hills north and east of the runway. The Tacuarembó VOR-DME (Ident: TMB) is located 51.9 nautical miles (96 km) south-southwest of the airport. The Rivera non-directional beacon (Ident: RV) is located on the field.[6][7]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

In December 2023, Brazilian company Azul announced it will be starting to operate flights to and from the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre in the airport by the end of the second quarter of 2024.[8][9]

Access[edit]

The airport is 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of Rivera and 12 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of Santana do Livramento.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AIP - Aeródromos - SURV AD 2.13 – Rivera/Intl Presidente General (Piloto Aviador Militar) don Oscar D. Gestido". DINACIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Uruguay y Brasil declararon binacional al aeropuerto de Rivera". Uruguay Presidencia (in Spanish). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Brasil e Uruguai acordam uso compartilhado do aeroporto de Rivera". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ "ANAC e Uruguai assinam acordo para binacionalização de terminal uruguaio". ANAC (in Portuguese). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Leite participa da reinauguração do aeroporto de Rivera, no Uruguai". Governo do Estado do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Rivera NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Tacuarembo VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Em reinauguração de aeroporto binacional, companhia aérea anuncia voo de Porto Alegre a Rivera". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  9. ^ Basseto, Murilo (2023-12-12). "Azul anuncia voos para o aeroporto uruguaio que se tornará binacional com o Brasil, em Rivera". AEROIN (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-25.

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