Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport , formerly called Cerro Chapeu International Airport, is an airport serving Rivera, Uruguay, and Santana do Livramento, Brazil.
History
The airport was opened on June 16, 1979, and is named after Óscar Diego Gestido (1901-1967), President of Uruguay in 1967.
On August 14, 2023 Uruguay and Brazil signed an agreement to internationalize the airport. According to this agreement, as a binational facility, flights originated in Brazil are treated as domestic, even though the facility is in Uruguayan territory.
There are low wooded hills north and east of the runway. The Tacuarembo VOR-DME (Ident: TMB) is located south-southwest of the airport. The Rivera non-directional beacon (Ident: RV) is located on the field.
Airlines and destinations
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Access
The airport is southeast of Rivera and southeast of Santana do Livramento.