Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional de Córdoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella"
IATA: COR – ICAO: SACO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.
Serves		Córdoba
Location		Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Elevation AMSL		489 m / 1,604 ft
Coordinates		31°18′36″S 064°12′30″W / 31.31°S 64.20833°W / -31.31; -64.20833 (Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport)Coordinates: 31°18′36″S 064°12′30″W / 31.31°S 64.20833°W / -31.31; -64.20833 (Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport)
Website		www.aeropuertocordoba.blogspot.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
05/23	2,200	7,218	Asphalt
18/36	3,200	10,498	Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Total Passengers			1,251,027
Sources: Argentinian AIP, ORSNA

Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Cordoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella") (IATA: COR, ICAO: SACO), known as Pajas Blancas, is located 9 km (5.6 mi) north-northwest of the center of Córdoba, a city in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 1,020 ha (2,520 acres) and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.

It is that nation's third largest airport, after Ministro Pistarini International Airport and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, both in Buenos Aires.

The airport had been a jetport for a long time, but it had been lacking the size to receive larger numbers of passengers until Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a private company that operates several airports in Argentina, decided to give internal Argentine airports more money so that they could expand and lure more airlines. Up until that moment, the Taravella airport, which was named after an architect, only had one story and one terminal.

Building of a second and third floor began in 2000, designed by prominent local architect Mario Roberto Álvarez; by 2002 it was finished and Aerolíneas Argentinas decided to make the Taravella airport a hub for domestic flights.

The airport is equipped with the necessary lights to have night air traffic, but pilots flying there, especially pilots of light aircraft, are recommended to look out for birds, as there is quite a substantial number of birds inhabiting the areas nearby.

Airines and destinations

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