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apskip:
The flight possibilities from Buenos Aires to Salta on Nov. 29 were:

AR2450 0625 0835
4M4110 0902 1015
AR2454 1120 1446
4M4112 1325 1522
4M4134 1710 1935
AR2458 1855 2059
AR2460 2035 2245
OY856   1910 2120

With teams arriving into Buenos Aires from Miami the evening of Nov. 28, I expect that one of the morning departures would have been used. Note that teams would have to transfer (it's about 55km, no short distance) from the EZE airport to the AEP airport.

theschnauzers:
I hadn't been aware that Buenos Aires had three passenger airports. Learn something new every day. That 55 km would likely take a while with traffic? (I have to Google Earth this and see where each airport is via-a-vis the city core and each other.) This reminds me of Paris, New York, London, and Moscow which have multiple passenger airports and where not all of them accept international flights.

In looking at B.A. on Google Earth (with the airport overlay), there are three airports; EZE looks to be the one to the southwest of the city core, there's a second airport (which I assume to be "AEP") to the northwest of the city core, and there's a lot of urban development between the two airports; in addition, there is a third airport in the city core on the shoreline. (And on Google Earth if you get close in enough you can see passenger jets on the tarmac.)

Anyhow, I would guess that if the teams arrive in the evening and can't fly out until morning, then the travel time to go between airports shouldn't matter for getting the flights to Salta.

apskip:
Now I too had to learn new things in order to add to our bounty of knowledge. That third airport is general-aviation only in San Fernando to the north-northwest but sort of along the coast. The best way to think of it is maybe 5 km beyond (around an inlet) Tigre. 

theschnauzers:
For some reason, Google Earth didn't show the airport icon for some other airfields/airports around Buenos Aires.

The one closest to Tigre is not the one I was referring to in my last post. I was referring to the one labelled "El Palomar" which is  inland and more to the west from the city core than the one near Tigre. (You can also see jets on the tarmac if you go close in on G.E.)

And there does seem to be a large area under construction in the large green space labelled "Campo de Mayo," making me think it might be an airport under construction. Google Earth also has a couple of airport icons in different corners of that area as well.

amazinglatinoamericafan:
el palomar airport is a militar airport in buenos aires !!

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