airpark

The term airpark it's used in Argentina to refer to a small airport, especially when it is located in a town. A airport, meanwhile, it is a place that has the infrastructure and the necessary spaces to take off and landing of airplanes.

The usual thing is that the concept is specifically associated with Jorge Newbery Metropolitan Airport, which is located in the Buenos aires city. Thus, if an Argentine says "The airport", most likely he is alluding to this airport terminal located next to the Silver river.

This airport was inaugurated in 1947. Its construction was carried out on land reclaimed from River from backfilling work.

The origins of the Buenos Aires airport go back to 1938, when the Park of the Race Front of North Coast from Buenos Aires. Some years later, it was decided to cede part of the land of this green space to the development of an airport, which ended up growing until occupying the entire surface of what was once the Park.

The notion of an aeropark was coined by the engineer Victor Manuel Acuña, designer of this airport. His plan consisted of erecting a "aerodrome" in the bosom of a "Recreation park".

The Jorge Newbery Metropolitan Airport (whose name pays tribute to a pioneer of national aeronautics) connects the Argentine capital with multiple cities in the country, What Cordova, Mendoza Y Jump. It also operates regional flights to and from Uruguay, chili, Paraguay Y Brazil.