What airport is EZE?
EZE is
Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Why the code is EZE
EZEiza, the district it sits in.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- EZE
- ICAO code
- SAEZ
- Airport
- Ministro Pistarini International Airport
- City
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Code origin
- Documented
Everyone calls it Ezeiza, including the airline announcements. Buenos Aires' other airport, Aeroparque, is on the riverfront in the city and handles domestic and regional flights; BUE covers both.
Codes people book by mistake
| Code | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| AEP | Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, in the city itself. Domestic and regional. |
The other code, SAEZ
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, EZE, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, SAEZ, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why SAEZ looks nothing like EZE.
Common questions
- What airport is EZE?
- Ministro Pistarini International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Why is Buenos Aires's airport called EZE?
- EZEiza, the district it sits in.
- What is the difference between EZE and SAEZ?
- EZE is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. SAEZ is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
- Is EZE the same as AEP?
- No. AEP is aeroparque Jorge Newbery, in the city itself. Domestic and regional.
Related pages
- Argentina Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Argentina Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in Argentina 1 here
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)