Key Takeaways
- Buenos Aires has two airports — and Ezeiza is the main gateway. Ezeiza (EZE), about 22 km from the city centre, handles almost all of Argentina's long-haul and international flights — around 58 regularly-served nonstop destinations — and is the hub of flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas, a SkyTeam member.
- Aeroparque is the domestic powerhouse. Jorge Newbery Airpark (AEP), right on the Río de la Plata in the city itself, is Argentina's busiest airport for domestic flying — roughly 50 regularly-served destinations — and the heart of the country's hub-and-spoke network, plus short-haul routes to neighbouring countries.
- We rank by regularly-served routes, not raw counts. Argentina's network thins quickly after Buenos Aires. Ranking by regularly-served destinations — routes flown often enough to count as scheduled service — gives a truer picture than raw nonstop totals, which inflate airports with occasional seasonal or charter flights.
- Direct US flights run only from Ezeiza. Nonstop flights to the United States — Miami, New York, Houston, Atlanta and Dallas — all leave from Ezeiza, on American, United, Delta and Aerolíneas Argentinas. Every other Argentine airport connects to the US through Buenos Aires or a hub such as São Paulo, Panama City, Lima or Santiago.
- Tourism drives the provincial airports. Beyond Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza, the standout regional airports are tourism gateways: Patagonia (Bariloche, El Calafate's glaciers, Ushuaia at the end of the world), the Iguazú Falls, Mendoza's wine country and the Andean north around Salta and Jujuy.
Argentina is the second-largest country in South America, stretching some 3,700 km from the subtropical north to the sub-Antarctic tip of Tierra del Fuego — and its airport network reflects that vast geography. Everything centres on Buenos Aires, which uniquely has two major airports: Ezeiza (EZE) for international and long-haul flights, and the in-city Aeroparque (AEP) that anchors the domestic network. Both are bases for flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas, now flying alongside fast-growing low-cost airlines Flybondi and JetSMART.
Beyond the capital, a second tier of provincial hubs — Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza — handles the bulk of regional flying, while a string of tourism airports serves Argentina’s headline destinations: Patagonia’s lakes and glaciers at Bariloche, El Calafate and Ushuaia, the thundering Iguazú Falls, the wine country around Mendoza and the dramatic Andean northwest at Salta and Jujuy.
Below we map and rank Argentina’s airports by the number of nonstop destinations each one serves, drawn from live route data on AirportRoutes. We rank by regularly-served destinations — routes flown often enough to count as scheduled service — rather than raw nonstop totals, which can overstate airports with occasional seasonal flying. The figures come from observed flight data (a large sample rather than a complete published timetable), so treat them as a guide to relative connectivity, not official totals.
Which Argentine airports have direct flights to the US?
Every nonstop flight between Argentina and the United States leaves from Buenos Aires–Ezeiza (EZE). American Airlines flies to Miami, New York (JFK) and Dallas-Fort Worth; United serves Houston and Newark; Delta flies to Atlanta; and Aerolíneas Argentinas, the national flag carrier, operates its own nonstops to Miami and New York. Together they make Ezeiza the country’s sole transatlantic-equivalent gateway for North America.
No other Argentine airport has scheduled nonstop service to the US. Travellers heading to Córdoba, Mendoza, Bariloche or anywhere else in the country connect through Buenos Aires, or route via a regional hub such as São Paulo, Panama City, Lima or Santiago de Chile. Aeroparque (AEP), despite being Argentina’s busiest airport overall, handles domestic and short-haul regional flights only — its international routes reach neighbouring countries, not the United States.
Ranked
Major Airports in Argentina by Nonstop Destinations
Ranked by regularly-served nonstop destinations, busiest first.
| Airport | IATA | Nonstop | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) | EZE | 58 | Buenos Aires (international) |
| 2. Buenos Aires (Aeroparque) | AEP | 50 | Buenos Aires (domestic) |
| 3. Córdoba | COR | 24 | Córdoba (central) |
| 4. Rosario | ROS | 14 | Santa Fe (Litoral) |
| 5. Mendoza | MDZ | 13 | Cuyo (wine country) |
| 6. Salta | SLA | 11 | Northwest (Andes) |
| 7. Bariloche | BRC | 9 | Patagonia (lakes) |
| 8. El Calafate | FTE | 7 | Santa Cruz (glaciers) |
| 9. Puerto Iguazú | IGR | 7 | Misiones (the falls) |
| 10. Neuquén | NQN | 6 | Patagonia (north) |
| 11. Ushuaia | USH | 6 | Tierra del Fuego |
| 12. Mar del Plata | MDQ | 5 | Buenos Aires coast |
| 13. Tucumán | TUC | 4 | Northwest |
| 14. Comodoro Rivadavia | CRD | 4 | Patagonia (coast) |
| 15. Jujuy | JUJ | 3 | Far northwest |
| 16. Catamarca | CTC | 3 | Northwest |
| 17. La Rioja | IRJ | 2 | Northwest |
| 18. Posadas | PSS | 2 | Misiones |
A closer look at Argentina’s main airports
✈️ Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) (EZE)
Ministro Pistarini International Airport — universally known as Ezeiza after the town it sits in, about 22 km southwest of central Buenos Aires — is Argentina’s principal international airport and by far its main long-haul gateway. Almost every intercontinental flight in and out of the country passes through here.
Ezeiza reaches around 58 regularly-served nonstop destinations and is the hub of Aerolíneas Argentinas, the SkyTeam flag carrier, whose network fans out across the Americas and to Madrid and Rome. It is also Argentina’s only airport with nonstop flights to the United States, and the gateway for European carriers such as Iberia, Air Europa and Lufthansa.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, LATAM, JetSMART, Flybondi, American Airlines, Iberia. See the full route map for EZE on AirportRoutes →
🛫 Buenos Aires (Aeroparque) (AEP)
Jorge Newbery Airpark — Aeroparque to locals — sits right on the Río de la Plata waterfront just minutes from downtown Buenos Aires, a striking contrast to far-flung Ezeiza. Its riverside location makes it the convenient choice for domestic travel, and it is Argentina’s busiest airport for flights within the country.
Aeroparque handles around 50 regularly-served destinations, the heart of the national hub-and-spoke network: routes radiate out to every major city plus short-haul international links to Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay. It is a key base for Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi and JetSMART, with no long-haul flying — that all goes through Ezeiza.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi, JetSMART, GOL Linhas Aéreas, Sky Airline, LATAM. See the full route map for AEP on AirportRoutes →
🏙️ Córdoba (COR)
Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella Airport, also called Pajas Blancas, serves Córdoba — Argentina’s second city and the capital of the central Sierras region. It is the country’s most important airport after the two in Buenos Aires, and a rare provincial hub that lets travellers bypass the capital.
Córdoba reaches about 24 regularly-served nonstop destinations, a mix of dense domestic links and international routes to Panama City, Lima, Santiago and Brazil. Its role as a secondary hub for both Aerolíneas Argentinas and the low-cost carriers has made it the model for Argentina’s point-to-point “federal corridors” that connect provinces without routing through Buenos Aires.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi, JetSMART, GOL Linhas Aéreas, Copa Airlines. See the full route map for COR on AirportRoutes →
🌾 Rosario (ROS)
Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport serves Rosario, the big industrial and agricultural city on the Paraná River in Santa Fe province and the heart of Argentina’s grain-export belt. Despite the city’s size, its airport has long lived in the shadow of Buenos Aires just 300 km away.
Rosario reaches around 14 regularly-served nonstop destinations, combining domestic flights with international links to Panama City, Lima and several Brazilian cities — useful connections that let the region’s businesses and travellers skip the trip into the capital.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, GOL Linhas Aéreas, Copa Airlines, LATAM. See the full route map for ROS on AirportRoutes →
🍷 Mendoza (MDZ)
El Plumerillo Airport serves Mendoza, the capital of Argentine wine country at the foot of the Andes. The city is the gateway to Malbec vineyards, Aconcagua — the highest peak in the Americas — and the mountain crossing to Chile, drawing a steady flow of tourists and business travellers.
Mendoza reaches about 13 regularly-served nonstop destinations, led by domestic routes plus the short hop over the Andes to Santiago de Chile and links to Brazil. It is one of the busier provincial airports and a favourite with wine-region visitors.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, JetSMART, Flybondi, LATAM, Sky Airline. See the full route map for MDZ on AirportRoutes →
⛰️ Salta (SLA)
Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport serves Salta, the elegant colonial city that anchors Argentina’s dramatic northwest. It is the main gateway to the multicoloured ravines of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, the high-altitude Puna and the wineries of Cafayate.
Salta reaches around 11 regularly-served nonstop destinations, mostly domestic links to Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities, plus international routes to Lima, Asunción and seasonal regional service — making it the busiest airport in the Argentine northwest.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, JetSMART, Flybondi, Copa Airlines, Paranair. See the full route map for SLA on AirportRoutes →
🏔️ Bariloche (BRC)
San Carlos de Bariloche Airport serves Bariloche, the alpine-styled resort town on Lake Nahuel Huapi in the northern Patagonian Andes. It is one of Argentina’s top tourist destinations year-round — skiing and chocolate in winter, hiking and lakes in summer.
Bariloche reaches about 9 regularly-served nonstop destinations, overwhelmingly domestic flights from Buenos Aires, Córdoba and other cities, with seasonal international charters and a link to Santiago de Chile. Traffic swings sharply with the ski and summer seasons.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi, JetSMART, Sky Airline, Azul. See the full route map for BRC on AirportRoutes →
🧊 El Calafate (FTE)
Comandante Armando Tola International Airport serves El Calafate, the small Patagonian town that is the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park and the spectacular Perito Moreno Glacier. The airport exists almost entirely to serve glacier tourism, and its traffic is intensely seasonal.
El Calafate reaches around 7 regularly-served nonstop destinations, chiefly domestic links to Buenos Aires, Ushuaia and Bariloche that connect the highlights of the southern Patagonia tourist circuit. Flights peak heavily in the southern-hemisphere summer.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi, JetSMART, Sky Airline. See the full route map for FTE on AirportRoutes →
💦 Puerto Iguazú (IGR)
Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport serves Puerto Iguazú in subtropical Misiones province, the gateway to the world-famous Iguazú Falls on the border with Brazil and Paraguay. One of South America’s great natural wonders, the falls make this one of Argentina’s busiest tourism airports.
Iguazú reaches about 7 regularly-served nonstop destinations, almost all domestic flights from Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Salta and Rosario carrying visitors to the falls. Despite the “International” in its name, its scheduled network is mainly within Argentina.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, JetSMART, Flybondi. See the full route map for IGR on AirportRoutes →
🐧 Ushuaia (USH)
Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport serves Ushuaia, billed as the southernmost city in the world, on the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego. It is the launching point for most Antarctic cruises and a destination in its own right for the dramatic “end of the world” scenery.
Ushuaia reaches around 6 regularly-served nonstop destinations, mainly domestic flights from Buenos Aires, El Calafate and other cities, with seasonal links tied to the Antarctic cruise season that runs through the southern summer.
Main airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Flybondi, JetSMART, LATAM. See the full route map for USH on AirportRoutes →
Argentina’s other regional airports
Beyond the busiest ten, Argentina’s long, thin geography is stitched together by a wide network of smaller airports — most flying domestic routes to Buenos Aires and the provincial hubs.
In the south, Neuquén (NQN) is the gateway to northern Patagonia and the booming Vaca Muerta shale-oil fields, while Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD) anchors the Patagonian oil coast and Trelew and Puerto Madryn serve the Valdés Peninsula’s whale- and penguin-watching. On the Atlantic, Mar del Plata (MDQ) is the country’s great summer beach resort, busiest in January and February.
Across the north, Tucumán (TUC), Catamarca (CTC), La Rioja (IRJ) and Jujuy (JUJ) link the Andean provinces — Jujuy being the gateway to the Quebrada de Humahuaca and the high-altitude Puna — and Posadas (PSS) serves Misiones near the Paraguayan border. Further fields at Bahía Blanca, Resistencia, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Río Gallegos and beyond round out one of South America’s most extensive domestic networks, almost all of it feeding back to Buenos Aires.
Airport rankings, nonstop-destination counts, served regions, airline lists and US connections are drawn from live AirportRoutes route data (observed AeroAPI flight data — a sample, not a complete published schedule; we use the regularly-served figure, which filters one-off observations). Airport history and notable facts are cross-checked against the cited references. The ranked map is a Mappr original.
Primary Data Source:
- AirportRoutes — Major airports & routes, Argentina – Live route data: per-airport nonstop destinations, served cities, airlines and US connections.
Reference:
- Wikipedia — Argentine airports (Ezeiza, Aeroparque & others) – Airport history, location and notable facts referenced in the per-airport sections.
- Aeropuertos Argentina – Argentina's main airport operator — background on the national airport network.
- Locator maps — Google Maps / Google Static Maps – Per-airport location maps with airplane markers, generated via Google Static Maps.
Image Sources:
- Map by Mappr – Map of major airports in Argentina — a Mappr original built from AirportRoutes data and Natural Earth boundaries.
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