Airports / Argentina / RCU
Area De Material Airport
SAOC / RCURio Cuarto, ArgentinaELEV 1,380 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
68 nm
To the nearest alternate
Villa Reynolds Airport (VME).
Overview
Area De Material Airport (SAOC / RCU) is a mid-sized airport serving Rio Cuarto, Argentina. The field lies at an elevation of 1,380 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
RCU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Villa Reynolds Airport (VME, 68 nm), Presidente Néstor Kirchner Regional Airport (SAOV, 70 nm), and Villa Dolores Airport (VDR, 82 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RCU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RCU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
SAOC
IATA
RCU
FAA / Local
TRC
Elevation
1,380 ft
Coordinates
33.0851° S · 64.2613° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Argentina fields
state range 9–4,685 ft
At 1,380 ft, RCU sits higher than 68% 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.
- 68nmVMEVilla Reynolds AirportVilla Mercedes
- 70nmSAOVPresidente Néstor Kirchner Regional AirportVilla Maria
- 82nmVDRVilla Dolores AirportVilla Dolores
- 106nmLUQBrigadier Mayor D Cesar Raul Ojeda AirportSan Luis
- 106nmCORIngeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International AirportCordoba
- 159nmGPOGeneral Pico AirportGeneral Pico
Location
Open the full mapSAOC · Area De Material Airport · Rio Cuarto, Argentina