title: El Tehuelche Airport
text: # El Tehuelche Airport
  
  El Tehuelche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto El Tehuelche, Welsh: Maes Awyr El Tehuelche) (IATA: PMY, ICAO: SAVY) is an airport 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Puerto Madryn, a city on Golfo Nuevo in the Chubut Province of Argentina. The airport is 5 kilometres (3 mi) inland from the gulf, on the 3-RN Acceso Norte Puerto Madryn (U9120).
  
  ## Airlines and destinations
  
  | Airlines | Destinations |
  | - | - |
  | Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque |
  | Flybondi | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque |
  | LADE | Bahía Blanca, Comodoro Rivadavia, Malargüe, Mendoza, Neuquén |
  
  ## Infrastructure
  
  The total area of land is 1,063 hectares (2,630 acres).
  
  ## 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 | 10,568 | 45.49% | 966 | 0.42% | 1 | 50.00% |
  | 2006 | 14,345 | 35.74% | 1,197 | 23.91% | 42 | 4100.00% |
  | 2007 | 38,901 | 171.18% | 925 | 22.72% | 29 | 30.95% |
  | 2008 | 38,448 | 1.16% | 1,072 | 15.89% | 21 | 27.59% |
  | 2009 | 31,140 | 19.01% | 925 | 13.71% | 28 | 33.33% |
  | 2010 | 40,411 | 29.77% | 1,287 | 39.14% | 41 | 46.43% |
  | Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005-2010) |||||||
  