Perito Moreno Jalil Hamer Airport guide

Perito Moreno Jalil Hamer Airport serves the town of Perito Moreno in northwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Its ICAO code is SAWP. The airport sits about 7 km northwest of the town, at an elevation of 430 m. It is not related to the Perito Moreno Glacier, which lies near El Calafate, far to the south.

One asphalt runway, 10/28, is 1,640 m long. A non-directional beacon on the field supports instrument approaches, and the national civil aviation authority, ANAC, runs an ice and snow control programme here in winter, clearing snow from the runway, the apron and the runway lights.

Scheduled service is thin. Since 1 July 2026, American Jet has flown an Embraer 145 of about 50 seats from Buenos Aires Aeroparque on Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays, with a technical stop in Comodoro Rivadavia. Mining companies pay for more than half the seats on each flight, which sustains the route, and the remaining seats are now sold to the public. Without the flight, travellers had to reach Comodoro Rivadavia and continue 7 to 8 hours by bus.