Chaitén Airfield
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.
In 2013, construction began on Nuevo Chaitén Airport, which then assumed the ICAO and IATA codes of the closed airport. The new airport is 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Chaitén.
See also
References
- ^ "location of Chaitén Airfield" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ "Aerodromo provisional Santa Bárbara". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Nuevo Chaitén Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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