Vicuña Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto de Vicuña or El Indio Airport, (ICAO: SCVC) is an extremely high elevation airstrip 66 kilometres (41 mi) east-northeast of Vicuña, Coquimbo, Chile.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11,975 ft / 3,650 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°50′00″S 70°02′46″W / 29.83333°S 70.04611°W | ||||||||||
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  SCVC Location of Vicuña Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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The airstrip serves several small settlements, and is subject to snow cover. It is within a small fold above a steep mountain valley high in the Andes, and runs uphill to the north. There is mountainous terrain in all quadrants, with a best escape route[4] to the south down the valley.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Airport record for Vicuña Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-13
- ^ "location of Vicuña Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ Airport information for Vicuña Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Mountainous terrain escape routes
External links
edit- OpenStreetMap - El Indio Airport
- OurAirports - El Indio Airport
- FallingRain - El Indio Airport
- Accident history for Vicuña Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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