Chaitén Pumalín Airport

Airport in Isla Llahuen
SCUI is located in Chile
SCUI
SCUI
Location of Pumalín Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 597 1,959 Gravel
Source: Landings.com[1][2]

Pumalín Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Pumalín, (ICAO: SCUI)) is an airport on Isla Llahuen, the easternmost of the islands separating the Gulf of Ancud from the Gulf of Corcovado. The runway is on a spit at the entrance of the small Pumalín Bay, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-northwest of Chaitén, a city in the Los Lagos Region of Chile.

Approach and departures are over the water.

The Chaiten non-directional beacon (Ident: TEN) is 14.7 nautical miles (27.2 km) south-southeast of the airport.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport record for Pumalín Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
  2. ^ "location of Pumalín Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ^ Chaiten NDB
  • OpenStreetMap - Pumalín
  • OurAirports - Pumalín
  • FallingRain - Pumalín Airport
  • Accident history for Pumalín Airport at Aviation Safety Network


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