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El Calafate airport Arrivals and Departures

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Distance to El Calafate16.7km
Distance to Charles Fuhr12.1km

Information about El Calafate Airport

Flight delays and cancellations

Check our El Calafate Airport live flight tracker to see whether today’s El Calafate Airport flight arrivals or departures are on time. If your flight is cancelled, it’s best to contact your airline to see what your options are.

El Calafate arrivals information

El Calafate Airport is 16.7km from the centre of El Calafate. If you don’t want to reach your final destination by train or bus, you could take a taxi from the El Calafate Airport Arrivals area, or see more of Argentina by hiring a car.

Car hire from El Calafate Airport

If you want to see more of Argentina after you touch down, consider hiring a car from El Calafate Airport. Providers like Hertz have pick-up spots at FTE Arrivals – find out more here.


El Calafate Airport FAQs

Yes. There are Hertz, Sr Rent A Car, Rent A Car, Sixt, Rent A Car, Street Rent a Car, FlexWays, Localiza and Budget pick-up points in or near to El Calafate Airport’s Arrivals or Departures areas.
For international arrivals, it usually takes around an hour to clear El Calafate Airport’s passport control and claim your baggage if you checked any in. Domestic arrivals to El Calafate Airport don’t need to pass through passport control, so take a little less time.

If you’re heading to El Calafate Airport arrivals to pick up a family member or friend, consider arriving half an hour after their flight is due to touch down.
We recommend you leave at least two and a half hours between your inbound and outbound flights, especially if you are self-transferring on an international flight. When you self-transfer, you may need to clear customs, claim any luggage and then check it back on to your next flight yourself. Take into account that you might need to change terminals, or it could take longer than necessary to navigate El Calafate Airport’s departure lounge.
Paraiso Patagónico Bungalows and Aparts is the highest-rated hotel near El Calafate Airport, just 15.5km away. Other great hotels nearby include LaTorre Aparts (15.4km from the airport), and Apart Don Felipe (15.3km away).
Check-in and bag drop often close an hour before your scheduled departure time for domestic flights, and sometimes an hour and a half before for longer-haul international flights. As a rule of thumb, you should try to arrive at El Calafate Airport two hours before you fly but check with the airline you’re flying with.
Don’t worry if there’s no information available on our live flight tracker. We try our best to pull it directly from each airline but sometimes this might not work properly. Try contacting the airline directly, or checking their website to see if you can get an update.
Don’t panic! If you are not already at El Calafate Airport, try contacting the airline directly to see if you can get on the next flight out, or a refund.

If you’re already inside El Calafate Airport Departures when you find out, head to the airline’s desk to speak directly with someone.

If there are no more flights to your destination with the same airline and you really need to get there soon, we recommend searching for a new flight with Skyscanner and booking as soon as possible. You can then try to claim a refund for the original cancelled flight.

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