Caleta Gonzalo Airport

Caleta Gonzalo Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
ServesChaitén, Chile
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates42°33′50″S 72°35′57″W / 42.56389°S 72.59917°W / -42.56389; -72.59917 (Caleta Gonzalo Airport (Chaitén))
Map
SCGN is located in Chile
SCGN
SCGN
Location of Caleta Gonzalo Airport in Chile
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 579 1,900 Grass
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Caleta Gonzalo Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Caleta Gonzalo, (ICAO: SCGN)) is an airstrip by a cove off the Reñihué Fjord in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airstrip is 42 kilometres (26 mi) north of Chaitén, the largest town in the area.

The cove is at the mouth of a narrow canyon running south toward the Chaitén Volcano. South approach and departures are hazardous due to close proximity of the canyon wall. North approach and departures are over open water.

The Chaiten VOR-DME (Ident: TEN) is 17.2 nautical miles (31.9 km) southwest of the airport.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport record for Caleta Gonzalo Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
  2. ^ "location of Caleta Gonzalo Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ^ Airport information for Caleta Gonzalo Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ Chaiten VOR


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