Buenos Aires Airport (EZE): terminals, flights

Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini (IATA: EZE, ICAO: SAEZ) is a network point for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 2 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

EZE carries 2 routes and 3 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 9 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini (ICAO SAEZ) serves Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires zone (UTC−3 in July). Its coordinates (-34.8222, -58.5358) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: EZE
• ICAO: SAEZ
• City: Buenos Aires
• Country: Argentina
• Time zone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
• Coordinates: -34.8222, -58.5358
• Airlines at the airport: 3

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Buenos Aires runs 3 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC−3 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC−3, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

What each code is for. The IATA code (EZE) is what the bag tag and the ticket use; the ICAO code (SAEZ) is what flight plans, NOTAMs and flight trackers use. To follow the inbound aircraft that will become your flight, ICAO is the one that returns reliable results. And if EZE is not printed on your bag tag, the bag was not checked through to here — worth catching at the counter.

Airlines at EZE

3 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from EZE: 3 full-service and 0 low-cost, with checked allowance from 23 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam. They cover 2 catalogued routes and 9 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

2 kg separate the most generous operator from the leanest at EZE. That gap is what reorders prices once the bag is in: a cheaper base fare on a carrier with no included baggage can land above a full-service one the moment you check a single piece. Compare the total, not the headline figure.

Alliances present at EZE: SkyTeam. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.

Routes to Buenos Aires (EZE)

Our catalogue lists 2 routes into EZE, totalling 9 weekly departures and spanning 7,397 to 8,035 km. The busiest is MEX-EZE at ~7 flights a week; 0 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic EZE moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Latin American regional corridor (2). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Not all of these routes fly daily. The thinnest on the list is MTY-EZE at ~2 weekly departures — under one a day. On a pair like that a cancellation is not resolved in hours: the next seat may be two or three days out, which is why it is worth avoiding the last flight before a fixed commitment.

Connection tips

EZE concentrates 9 catalogued weekly departures across 3 airlines, in the America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini runs on the America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at EZE is MEX-EZE (~7 flights a week). Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Buenos Aires; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

FAQ

The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for EZE: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Buenos Aires airport? The IATA code is EZE and the ICAO code is SAEZ. Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini serves Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Which airlines operate at EZE? Airlines on our catalogued routes at EZE: Aeromexico, Aerolíneas Argentinas, LATAM Airlines.

How many routes are there from Buenos Aires (EZE)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 2 arriving at EZE — see the tables above.

What time zone is EZE in? EZE operates in the America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires time zone.

How many weekly departures does EZE have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching EZE we count 9 weekly departures over 3 airlines and 2 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between Buenos Aires and Mexico City? In July, Buenos Aires runs 3 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC−3 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

What is the longest catalogued route at EZE? Catalogued routes at EZE span 7,397 to 8,035 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

Which airlines are based at EZE? Aerolíneas Argentinas run EZE as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.