Almirante Schroeders Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Almirante Schroeders, ICAO: SCDW) is a military airport on the northern point of Isla Dawson, an island midway through the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region of Chile.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Isla Dawson | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 160 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°36′40″S 70°28′15″W / 53.61111°S 70.47083°W | ||||||||||||||
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  SCDW Location of Almirante Schoeders Airport in Chile | |||||||||||||||
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Source: AIP Chile[1] | |||||||||||||||
The crossing runways are just inland from the island's eastern shore, and approach and departures are over the water.
The Punta Arenas VOR-DME (Ident: NAS) is located 39 nautical miles (72.2 km) north-northwest of the airport.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ AIP Chile Volumen I (PDF) (in Spanish) (Amdt 55 ed.). Directorate General of Civil Aviation. p. 783. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Punta Arenas VOR
External links
edit- OpenStreetMap - Almirante Schoeders
- OurAirports - Almirante Schoeders
- SkyVector - Almirante Schoeders
- FallingRain - Almirante Schoeders Airport
- Accident history for Almirante Schoeders Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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