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Binational airport bridging Uruguay and Brazil at the border.
Location
Rivera, Uruguay
Presidente General Óscar D. Gestido Binational Airport (IATA: RVY, ICAO: SURV) serves the twin cities of Rivera, Uruguay, and Santana do Livramento, Brazil, making it one of the rare airports that straddles an international border. Named after Uruguayan president Óscar Diego Gestido, the airport facilitates regional air travel for a cross-border urban area of over 150,000 people.
The airport handles limited domestic and regional traffic, connecting Rivera to Montevideo and other Uruguayan destinations. Its unique binational character reflects the deep social, cultural, and economic integration between the two neighboring cities, which share an open urban boundary with no physical border controls between them.
Ground infrastructure is modest, reflecting the airport's regional role, but it plays an important logistical function for the broader border region of northern Uruguay and southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Terminals
The airport operates a single small terminal building serving domestic and limited regional passengers.
Getting to & from
Taxis and private vehicles are the primary ground transport options connecting the airport to the city centers of Rivera and Santana do Livramento.
Airlines here
Amaszonas Uruguay has operated routes from Rivera to Montevideo, though service frequency varies seasonally.
Notable facts
- ›Named after Uruguayan president Óscar Diego Gestido, who served briefly in 1967.
- ›Serves the twin border cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil), which share an open urban boundary.
- ›The airport has binational status, reflecting the unique integrated nature of the two neighboring cities.
- ›Rivera and Santana do Livramento together form one of the most integrated cross-border urban areas in South America.
- ›The airport primarily supports domestic Uruguayan routes, with Montevideo being the key connection.
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