Airports / Argentina / TUC
Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport
SANT / TUCSan Miguel de Tucumán, ArgentinaELEV 1,493 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
41 nm
To the nearest alternate
Termas de Río Hondo international Airport (RHD).
Overview
Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (SANT / TUC) is a large commercial airport serving San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Field elevation is 1,493 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list TUC as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Termas de Río Hondo international Airport (RHD, 41 nm), Vicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE, 70 nm), and Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC, 111 nm).
Trip costs from TUC are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from TUC to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
SANT
IATA
TUC
FAA / Local
TUC
Elevation
1,493 ft
Coordinates
26.8374° S · 65.1042° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Argentina fields
state range 9–4,685 ft
At 1,493 ft, TUC sits higher than 74% of the 72 Argentina fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 41nmRHDTermas de Río Hondo international AirportTermas de Río Hondo
- 70nmSDEVicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés AirportSantiago del Estero
- 111nmCTCCoronel Felipe Varela International AirportCatamarca
- 121nmSLAMartín Miguel de Güemes International AirportSalta
- 147nmJUJGobernador Horacio Guzman International AirportSan Salvador de Jujuy
- 177nmIRJCapitan V A Almonacid AirportLa Rioja
Location
Open the full mapSANT · Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport · San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
