Chaitén Airfield
Airport
Location of Chaitén Airfield in Chile
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Chaitén Airfield (Spanish: Aeródromo Chaitén, (IATA: WCH, ICAO: SCTN)) was an airport serving Chaitén, a town in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport was damaged and closed after the 2008 eruption of Chaitén Volcano.
A provisional airstrip was established 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away at the hamlet of Santa Bárbara, by widening 700 metres (2,300 ft) of the Carretera Austral highway.[2]
In 2013, construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport, which then assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport.[3] The new airport is 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Chaitén.
See also
- Chile portal
- Aviation portal
- Transport in Chile
- List of airports in Chile
References
External links
- Accident history for Chaitén Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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