Cerro Paranal Airport (ICAO: SCPA) is a desert airport 6 kilometres (4 mi) east-southeast of Cerro Paranal, Antofagasta, Chile. It serves the Paranal Observatory and Cerro Armazones Observatory scientific complexes.
Cerro Paranal Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cerro Paranal, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,834 ft / 2,083 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°38′20″S 70°20′55″W / 24.63889°S 70.34861°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  SCPA Location of Cerro Paranal Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
There is rising terrain west of the airport.
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ Airport record for Cerro Paranal Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-30
- ^ "location of Paranal Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- ^ Airport information for Cerro Paranal Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
edit- OpenStreetMap - Paranal
- OurAirports - Paranal
- FallingRain - Paranal Airport
- Accident history for Paranal Airport at Aviation Safety Network
 | This article about an airport in Chile is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |