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Santa Bernardina International Airport lies on the outskirts of Durazno in central Uruguay, sharing its runways with the Uruguayan Air Force's Tte. 2 Mario W. Parallada Air Base. Recently modernised and reopened in 2025, it offers a long ILS-equipped main runway alongside a shorter crosswind strip, making it a useful and well-equipped stop for VFR pilots crossing the interior of the country.
Santa Bernardina International Airport serves Durazno, the capital of the Durazno Department in central Uruguay. It is a joint military and general aviation facility, operated as part of the Aeropuertos Uruguay network and shared with the Tte. 2 Mario W. Parallada Air Base of the Uruguayan Air Force. For a simulator pilot, the field is notable for its combination of a substantial, ILS-served main runway with military jet and turboprop traffic, set within an otherwise rural stretch of Uruguay.
The airport sits in the locality of Santa Bernardina, around 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of downtown Durazno, in the Durazno Department of central Uruguay.
The airport has two physical runways. The primary runway, 03/21, is 7,492 feet long, has a hard surface, is lit, and carries an ILS approach for runway 21. The secondary runway, 10/28, is 4,735 feet long, has a hard surface and is also lit.
Air traffic services are provided on 120.4 MHz, used for both Durazno Approach and Durazno Tower. A VOR-DME identified DUR, frequency 117.50, is located on the airfield, and Wikipedia also lists an approach frequency of 126.20 alongside the tower frequency. Runway 21 is served by a Category I ILS, and an ADS-B radar covering the whole of Uruguayan national airspace is sited at the airport.
The airport shares its site with the Tte. 2 Mario W. Parallada Air Base, home to the Uruguayan Air Force's Air Brigade No. 2, which operates Cessna A-37 Dragonfly and Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano aircraft. In July 2023 a new radar system was installed at the airport at a cost of US$4 million, and the field then underwent a wider US$12 million modernisation programme under the Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos Internacionales, which included a new passenger terminal, taxiway and apron, and refurbishment of fire station and police facilities. The renovated airport was formally inaugurated on 10 February 2025 by Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, together with the commander-in-chief of the Uruguayan Air Force, becoming the sixth and final airport modernised under that national programme.
Santa Bernardina remains a mixed military and general aviation airport with no scheduled passenger airline services as of early 2026. It continues to host Air Brigade No. 2 of the Uruguayan Air Force, flying A-37 Dragonfly and Super Tucano aircraft, and benefits from a Category I ILS on runway 21 and a national ADS-B radar installation on the field.