Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province (Argentina)

IATA: TUC ICAO: SANT

Longest Active Runway

11,483 ft

3,500 meters

Field Elevation

1,493 ft

455 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

-26.8374°, -65.1042°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #273 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#452 of 7558

Top 6.4% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Argentina)

#1 of 3 in AR

#1 of 101 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+14.8%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 TUC in numbers: 11,483 ft longest runway · tied #273 of 650 published · #452 of 7,558 worldwide (top 6.4%) · #1 in Argentina.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

TUC lies at 455 m (1,493 ft), #153 of 650 published airports by elevation and 75.4 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is equal to the Argentina median; COR is highest at 1,604 ft, 111 ft higher than TUC.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of TUC. Nearest published airport: Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), 273 NM, 10,499 ft (984 ft shorter than TUC); none other within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 11,483 ft (3,500 m)

TUC runway: 02/20 11,483 × 148 ft concrete (con). National standing: #1 of 3 in Argentina; 656 ft ahead of EZE (10,827 ft). +14.8% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
02/20	11,483 ft (3500 m / 3.500 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →