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Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport (Argentina)
Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport is located near Rio Gallegos, with Hill Station at 4mi↑, Rio Gallegos at 4mi↑, Comandante Luis Piedra Buena at 114mi↑, Puerto Santa Cruz at 115mi↑, Chabunco at 117mi↑, Porvenir at 125mi↑, Punta Arenas at 126mi↑, Veintiocho de Noviembre at 128mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Argentina and Southernmost airports in Argentina
→ See also airports in Argentina
aerial view of Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : SAWG
- IATA code : RGL
- Local code : -
Elevation : 19 m = 62ft
→ See also Highest airports in Argentina and Lowest airports in Argentina
Runways
- runway 7/25 : 3549m = 11644ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Argentina
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Aviation weather for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport SAWG RGL
METAR for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport SAWG RGL
SAWG 290000Z 36011KT CAVOK 10/04 Q1002
Decoded METAR for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport SAWG RGL
METAR issued by SAWG on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 00:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 52 hours and -2826 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 10°C = 50°F, dew point is 4°C = 39°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 66 %.
QNH is 1002hPa = 29.59inHg
Wind 20km/h = 11kt, direction is 360°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport SAWG RGL
SAWG 282300Z 2900/2924 02015KT CAVOK TX14/2918Z TN04/2911Z BECMG 2901/2903 27010KT BECMG 2912/2914 VRB05KT
Decoded TAF for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport SAWG RGL
TAF issued by SAWG on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 23:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 5 hours and 54 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, April 28, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Monday, April 28, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
2900/2924 02015KT CAVOK TX14/2918Z TN04/2911Z
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Monday, April 28, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 29, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2901/2903 27010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 270°
becoming from Tuesday, April 29, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 29, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2912/2914 VRB05KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
NOTAM for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport
Around Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport (Argentina)
near
- Hotels in Hill Station
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 6336mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 6388mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 7659mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 7690mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 7690mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 7691mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 7691mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 7691mi↑
- San Sebastian at 7691mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 7705mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 7705mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 7706mi↑
- for Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport at 0mi↑
- for Rio Chico airport at 5mi↑
- for Río Gallegos Air Base airport at 5mi↑
nearest airports to Rio Gallegos Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International airport (Argentina)
- Rio Chico airport ( AR-0316) at 5mi↑
- Río Gallegos Air Base airport ( AR-0686) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Coy Aike airport ( AR-0579) at 32mi↑
- Monte Aymond airport ( AR-0685) at 37mi↑
- Las Horquetas airport ( AR-0713) at 42mi↑
- Posesión 5 heliport (SHSI ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
- Posesión heliport (SHSE ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
- Posesión airport (SCBS ) at 50mi↑NOTAM
- Daniel 1 heliport (SHDN ) at 57mi↑NOTAM
- Kimiri Ayke airport ( CL-0003) at 57mi↑defunct airport
- Skua 4 heliport (SHSU ) at 57mi↑NOTAM
- Sandra Scabini airport (SCNS ) at 58mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in Argentina
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap