Morón Airport is 3 km southwest of the center of Morón, a western suburb of Buenos Aires in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The airport is located within a densely populated metropolitan area. The runway length includes a 515 m displaced threshold on Runway 20. The El Palomar VOR-DME (Ident: PAL) is located 4.1 nmi north-northeast of the airport.

Description

The airport covers an area of 439 ha. It is located about 20 km from Buenos Aires city and was the main airport in Argentina prior to the opening of Ministro Pistarini International Airport in 1944. Morón was the base of the defunct airline CATA, which operated between 1986 and 2004. Also located at Morón are the following institutions:

Military use

From 1951 to 1988 was the location of the VII Air Brigade (Spanish: VII Brigada Aérea) of the Argentine Air Force, which operated various aircraft, including: Gloster Meteor, Morane-Saulnier MS-760, Bell UH-1D, Hughes 369, Sikorsky S-58T, Grumman Albatross, and T-34 Mentor.