  jorge newbery airfield (, ) is located in palermo neighbourhood,  northeast of downtown buenos aires, argentina. the airport covers an area of  and is operated by aeropuertos argentina 2000 s.a. it is located in the palermo ward, along the rÃ­o de la plata, and serves as the main hub for domestic flights from buenos aires as well as to uruguay, brazil, chile and paraguay. the airport is named in honor of argentine aviator jorge newbery. the argentine air force station located on the eastern end of the airport is where authorities normally board the tango 01 presidential aircraft. newbery airfield is roughly equal to ezeiza international airport (located  to the south) in airline traffic among the nation's 33 airports, handling 93,346 aircraftmovements in 2009 and serving 9,552,504 passengers in 2013 (one third of all scheduled air traffic in argentina); it thus surpassed ezeiza international in 2013 as the nation's busiest airport by passenger traffic. ==history== the airport was originally proposed by mayor carlos noÃ«l in 1925.{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasdebuenosaires.gov.ar/aaba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&item
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