Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport
Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport Aeropuerto Dr. Luis María Argaña | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 553 ft / 169 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°02′42″S 060°37′18″W / 22.04500°S 60.62167°W | ||||||||||
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Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (IATA: ESG, ICAO: SGME) is an airport that serves the small city of Mariscal Estigarribia, in the Boquerón Department of Paraguay.
The airport is named after Luis María Argaña, a vice president who was assassinated in 1999. It is operated by Paraguayan military authorities. GlobalSecurity.org states that some believe the United States are using the airport as a permanent military base. However, they go on to say that this is false.
With 3,500 m (11,483 ft), its runway is the longest in the country, more than Asunción's airport.