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El Tehuelche Airport

Puerto Madryn, Argentina
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Gateway to Patagonia's wildlife coast and Puerto Madryn.

Location
Puerto Madryn, Argentina
El Tehuelche Airport (IATA: PMY, ICAO: SAVY) serves Puerto Madryn, a city in Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia. The airport is the primary air access point for visitors traveling to the Valdés Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its marine wildlife including southern right whales, elephant seals, and Magellanic penguins. The airport operates domestic routes connecting Puerto Madryn to Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities, supporting both tourism and regional commerce. Its name, El Tehuelche, honors the indigenous Tehuelche people who historically inhabited the Patagonian region.
Terminals
The airport has a single, modest terminal building handling domestic passenger operations.
Getting to & from
Taxi and remis (private car hire) services are the primary ground transportation options connecting the airport to central Puerto Madryn, approximately 10 kilometers away.
Airlines here
Aerolíneas Argentinas and LADE (Líneas Aéreas del Estado) have historically served the airport with domestic routes.
Notable facts
  • ›Named after the Tehuelche indigenous people of Patagonia.
  • ›Serves as a key gateway to the Valdés Peninsula UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • ›Located approximately 10 km from downtown Puerto Madryn.
  • ›Primarily handles domestic Argentine flights rather than international services.
  • ›Tourism peaks during whale-watching season (June–December) drive seasonal passenger increases.
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Route map (1 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Omni Air International
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Routes

PMY → AEPOY · M82

Aircraft operating here

McDonnell Douglas MD-821 routes
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City & Place Guide

Gateway to Patagonia's wildlife, whales, and windswept Atlantic shores.

Puerto Madryn is a small coastal city in Chubut Province, Patagonia, best known as the launching point for Península Valdés, a UNESCO World Heritage Site teeming with marine wildlife. The city sits on the Golfo Nuevo, offering calm beaches and a relaxed seaside atmosphere that contrasts with the rugged steppe stretching inland.

Visitors come primarily between June and December to witness southern right whales in the gulf, alongside year-round colonies of Magellanic penguins, sea lions, guanacos, and orcas. The city has enough hotels, restaurants, and dive shops to serve as a comfortable base without feeling overcrowded.

  • •Península Valdés — UNESCO reserve with whales, orcas, elephant seals, and penguins.
  • •Punta Tombo — largest Magellanic penguin colony on the continent, about 180 km south.
  • •EcoCentro — thoughtfully designed marine science museum overlooking the gulf.
  • •Playa El Doradillo — beach where right whales surface just meters from shore, June–December.
  • •Museo del Desembarco — traces the Welsh Patagonian settlement history of the region.
  • •Playa Paraná — calm urban beach ideal for kayaking, snorkeling, and sunset walks.

Getting around: Puerto Madryn's compact city center is walkable, and a flat coastal boulevard is popular with cyclists; bike rentals are widely available. Remises (radio taxis) are the standard door-to-door option and are inexpensive. Local buses connect the downtown to some neighborhoods, but there is no rail service. To reach Península Valdés or Punta Tombo, most travelers join organized day tours, rent a car, or hire a private remise for the day.

Best time: Visit between June and December for southern right whale watching, or in spring (October–November) when both whales and penguin colonies are simultaneously active.

Local food: Try centolla (king crab) and merluza (hake) at waterfront restaurants, and seek out Welsh-influenced cream teas and torta negra in the nearby town of Gaiman.

This guide is provided for general information only. Verify details locally before making travel decisions.

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El Tehuelche Airport
Encyclopaedia

El Tehuelche Airport is an airport 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Puerto Madryn, a city on Golfo Nuevo in the Chubut Province of Argentina. The airport is 5 kilometres (3 mi) inland from the gulf, on the 3-RN Acceso Norte Puerto Madryn (U9120).

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