El Jagüel Airport
El Jagüel Airport is a general aviation airport serving Maldonado, Uruguay. The airport is in the El Jagüel neighborhood of Punta del Este, east of Maldonado.
El Jagüel was formerly the main Punta del Este airport, but a major highway was built that cut from its length, leaving ; a displaced threshold on Runway 01 further reduced the marked runway length to. Laguna del Sauce Airport now serves the main international and regional airlines.
The runway pavement still extends south across the Av Aparicio Saravia highway, with only a wire fence across the runway to prevent an overrun from encountering traffic.
The Curbelo VOR-DME is located west-northwest of the airport. The Curbelo non-directional beacon is located west-northwest of the runway.
