Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport
Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport , formerly known as Fisherton International Airport, is located west-northwest from the center of Rosario, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of and is operated by the Province of Santa Fe.
The airport serves the Greater Rosario area and is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul Linhas Aereas, Flybondi, COPA, Austral and LATAM Airlines. There are domestic flights within Argentina from Rosario to Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Salta, Puerto Iguazú, San Carlos de Bariloche, El Calafate, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Santa Fe and Villa Gesell cities as well as international services to São Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Lima, Panama, Florianopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
The airport is at an elevation of and the runway is. The Rosario VOR-DME is located on the field.
A new terminal was constructed between 2003 and 2004, making Rosario effectively an international airport. Because of being so close to Buenos Aires, direct flights between them are typically performed by Embraer-190 aircraft of Austral Airlines.
During the first years of the 21st century the Rosario Airport lost a considerable volume of air traffic, even after being updated and expanded in 2003–2004. In 2005 there were only 1,807 flights, about 75% less than in 2000. Since 2013, however, it has been steadily growing in both traffic and connectivity.
The airport's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, and could be translated as "Rosario – Falkland Islands International Airport".
