Pelicano Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Pelicano, (ICAO: SCEC) is a desert airport near Estación Chañar, La Higuera, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Las Campanas Observatory | ||||||||||
| Location | Estación Chañar, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,678 ft / 1,121 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°08′40″S 70°53′16″W / 29.14444°S 70.88778°W | ||||||||||
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  SCEC Location of Pelicano Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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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
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References
edit- ^ Airport record for Pelicano Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
- ^ "location of Pelicano Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ Airport information for Pelicano Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
External links
edit- OpenStreetMap - Pelicano
- SkyVector - Pelicano
- FallingRain - Pelicano Airport
- Accident history for Pelicano Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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