Chaitén Airfield

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Location of Chaitén Airfield in Chile
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Source: Google Maps[1]

Chaitén Airfield (Spanish: Aeródromo Chaitén, (IATA: WCH, ICAO: SCTN)) was an airport serving Chaitén, a town in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport was damaged and closed after the 2008 eruption of Chaitén Volcano.

A provisional airstrip was established 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away at the hamlet of Santa Bárbara, by widening 700 metres (2,300 ft) of the Carretera Austral highway.[2]

In 2013, construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport, which then assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport.[3] The new airport is 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Chaitén.

See also

References

  1. ^ Google (2013-09-03). "location of Chaitén Airfield" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  2. ^ "Aerodromo provisional Santa Bárbara". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Nuevo Chaitén Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

External links

  • Accident history for Chaitén Airport at Aviation Safety Network


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