San Rafael Airport Spanish: Aeródromo de San Rafael de Los Andes, (IATA: LOB, ICAO: SCAN) is an airport serving Los Andes, a city in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. The airport is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west-northwest of the city.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Los Andes | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,457 ft / 749 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°48′50″S 70°38′48″W / 32.81389°S 70.64667°W | ||||||||||
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  LOB Location of San Rafael Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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It is the base of operations for the Latin American Aviation Training flight school.[4][5]
The airport is within a mountain basin, and there is distant mountainous terrain in all quadrants. The Tabon VOR-DME (Ident: TBN) is located 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) west-southwest of the airport.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Airport record for San Rafael Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-10
- ^ Google (2013-09-10). "location of San Rafael Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ Airport information for San Rafael Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ laat.cl - Latin American Aviation Training web site
- ^ Chilean flight training
- ^ Tabon VOR
External links edit
- OpenStreetMap - San Rafael
- OurAirports - San Rafael
- FallingRain - San Rafael Airport
- Accident history for San Rafael Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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