Caleta Blanco Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Caleta Blanco, (ICAO: SCIH) is an airport serving the villages of Puerto Aguirre (es) and Caleta Andrade (es) on Isla Las Huichas (es), an island in the Aysén Region of Chile.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Aguirre (es), Chile | ||||||||||
| Location | Caleta Andrade | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 115 ft / 35 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°8′55″S 73°30′48″W / 45.14861°S 73.51333°W | ||||||||||
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  SCIH Location of Caleta Blanco Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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Isla Las Huichas is in the Chonos Archipelago, on the east side of the Moraleda Channel.
The Puerto Aguirre VOR-DME (Ident: PAR) is located on a hill 0.86 nautical miles (1.6 km) southwest of the airport. It is not aligned with the runway.[4] Approach and departures are over the water.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Airport record for Caleta Blanco Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
- ^ "location of Caleta Blanco Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ Airport information for Caleta Andrade Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Puerto Aguirre VOR
External links
edit- OpenStreetMap - Caleta Andrade
- OurAirports - Caleta Blanco
- SkyVector - Caleta Andrade[permanent dead link]
- FallingRain - Caleta Blanco Airport
- Accident history for Isla Las Huichas-Caleta Blanco Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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