# Teniente Benjamin Matienzo Airport (TUC)

> San Miguel de Tucumán, AR · IATA: TUC · ICAO: SANT · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `TUC` |
| ICAO | `SANT` |
| City | San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Country | AR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 455 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -26.84090, -65.10490 |

## Description

The lemon belt around San Miguel de Tucumán grows more of the fruit than anywhere else on earth, and Teniente Benjamín Matienzo Airport (IATA: TUC) is where much of that harvest leaves the country by air. Ranked as Argentina's second-busiest cargo airport, it ships lemons, blueberries and strawberries to Miami, Lima and Santiago de Chile. In 2018 the on-site Terminal de Cargas Argentina handled roughly 1,056,340 kilos of lemons across 882 pallets. Since 2019 the freight terminal has functioned as a dry port with a bonded customs depot, allowing clearance and pallet build-up to happen on site. A cold-storage chamber and roller-deck flooring keep perishables within an unbroken cool chain. For forwarders, TUC is the practical gateway for temperature-sensitive agricultural exports from north-western Argentina, while Buenos Aires-Ezeiza handles onward intercontinental consolidation. Passenger service centres on domestic routes to the capital.

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