Las Higueras Airport

Airport in Argentina

RCU

Location of the airport in Argentina

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	2,265	7,431	Asphalt
18/36	2,075	6,808	Asphalt

Sources: WAD^[1] Google Maps^[2] SkyVector^[3]

Las Higueras Airport (IATA: RCU, ICAO: SAOC) is an airport serving Río Cuarto, a city in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. The airport is 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Río Cuarto, near the suburb of Las Higueras.

Runway lengths do not include blast pads of 250 metres (820 ft) on Runway 05 and 125 metres (410 ft) on Runway 23.^[2]

The Rio Cuarto VOR (Ident: TRC) and non-directional beacon (Ident: R) are located on the field.^[4]^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Aeroparque

Accidents and incidents

17 July 1958: An Argentine Air Force Douglas C-47A, tail number T-22, crashed upon takeoff following an engine failure.^[6]
5 May 1969: An ANAC Douglas R4D-1, registration LQ-IPC, crashed on landing at the airport, killing all 11 occupants aboard.^[7]

References

^ "Airport information for Rio Cuarto Area De Material Airport". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Rio Cuarto Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rio Cuarto/Area De Material Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rio Cuarto NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Rio Cuarto VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ Accident description for T-22 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
^ Accident description for LQ-IPC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.