title: Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport
text: # Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport
  
  Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela) (IATA: CTC, ICAO: SANC) is an airport in Catamarca Province, Argentina, serving the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973. Construction of the terminal started on 9 June 1981 and ended on 23 April 1987. Since 1999, the airport has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. In 2007, it handled 44,477 passengers.
  
  The airport is named after Felipe Varela, a soldier born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile, in 1870.
  
  ## Airlines and destinations
  
  | Airlines | Destinations |
  | - | - |
  | Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque, La Rioja |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics :
  
  | | Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2005 | 48,629 | N.A. | 2,821 | N.A. | 244 | N.A. |
  | 2006 | 43,897 | 9.73% | 2,057 | 27.08% | 130 | 46.72% |
  | 2007 | 44,477 | 1.32% | 2,191 | 6.51% | 65 | 50.00% |
  | 2008 | 36,469 | 18.00% | 1,959 | 10.59% | 76 | 16.92% |
  | 2009 | 41,212 | 13.01% | 2,329 | 18.89% | 61 | 19.74% |
  | 2010 | 31,428 | 23.74% | 1,039 | 55.39% | 51 | 16.39% |
  | Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2006-2010) |||||||
  