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Pelicano Airport

Coordinates: 29°08′40″S 70°53′16″W / 29.14444°S 70.88778°W / -29.14444; -70.88778 (Pelicano Airport (Estación Chañar))
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Pelicano Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesEstación Chañar (es), Chile
Elevation AMSL3,678 ft / 1,121 m
Coordinates29°08′40″S 70°53′16″W / 29.14444°S 70.88778°W / -29.14444; -70.88778 (Pelicano Airport (Estación Chañar))
Map
SCEC is located in Chile
SCEC
SCEC
Location of Pelicano Airport in Chile
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,320 4,331 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Pelicano Airport Template:Lang-es, (ICAO: SCEC) is a desert airport near Estación Chañar (es), in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

The airport serves the astronomy community of the Las Campanas Observatory, one of the high elevation observatories in the Atacama Desert.

The runway has an additional 360 metres (1,180 ft) of gravel overrun on the south end, which then drops into a canyon.

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport record for Pelicano Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
  2. ^ "location of Pelicano Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. ^ Airport information for Pelicano Airport at Great Circle Mapper.


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