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Coordinates: 34°49′20″S 058°32′09″W / -34.82222, -58.53583

Ministro Pistarini International Airport (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ) serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the country's largest international airport. It is more commonly known as Ezeiza Airport because it is located in the city of Ezeiza in Greater Buenos Aires, about 35 km (40 minutes' drive) from the city centre. It is also the hub for the international routes of Aerolíneas Argentinas.

The airport is named after general and politician Minister Juan Pistarini (1882-1956).

This airport is collecting an Airport Improvement Fee.

The airport has two terminals:

• Aerolíneas Argentinas (Auckland, Asuncion, Barcelona, Bogotá, Caracas, Lima, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Montevideo, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sydney)
  • Austral (El Calafate, Ushuaia)
• Aeroméxico (Mexico City)
• Aerosur (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
• Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson, Santiago de Chile)
• Air Comet (Madrid)
• Air Europa (Madrid)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
• American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK, Montevideo)
• Avianca (Bogotá)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
• Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)

Meeting point for arrivals at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport

• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Cubana de Aviación (Havana)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
• Gol (Asunción, Lima, Porto Alegre, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão)
• Iberia (Madrid)
• LAN Airlines (Santiago de Chile)
  • LAN Argentina (Miami, Punta Cana, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Santiago de Chile)
  • LAN Ecuador (Guayaquil, Quito, Santiago de Chile)
  • LAN Peru (Lima)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• Malaysia Airlines (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur)
• Mexicana (Mexico City)
• PLUNA (Montevideo, Punta del Este)
• Sol Airlines (La Romana) [begins January 2008]
• TACA Peru (Lima)
• TAM Linhas Aéreas (Brasília, Belo Horizonte,Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Río de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Salvador)
  • TAM Mercosur (Asunción, Cochabamba, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro-Galeāo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
• United Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
• Varig (Rio de Janeiro - Galeão, São Paulo - Guarulhos)

• Aerolíneas Argentinas Domestic arrivals only.

In July 2007, Argentina's Canal 13 conducted an investigation revealing that a group of security operators at the airport are stealing valuable objects such as iPods, digital cameras, cellular phones, sun glasses, jewelry and laptops while scanning the checked luggage of passengers. According to the special report, security operators at the airport should check each bag before putting it into the plane; however, some operators take advantage of the scanner machine to detect valuable objects and steal them. The report states that this event occurs every day and that the stolen items include anything from electronic devices to perfumes and chocolates.

• Official Website
• Airport information for SAEZ at World Aero Data

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