Cerro Paranal Airport

Cerro Paranal Airport
Summary
Airport type Private
Serves Cerro Paranal, Chile
Elevation AMSL 6,834 ft / 2,083 m
Coordinates 24°38′20″S 70°20′55″W / 24.63889°S 70.34861°W / -24.63889; -70.34861 (Cerro Paranal Airport (Cerro Paranal))Coordinates: 24°38′20″S 70°20′55″W / 24.63889°S 70.34861°W / -24.63889; -70.34861 (Cerro Paranal Airport (Cerro Paranal))
Map
SCPA
Location of Cerro Paranal Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,200 3,937 Gravel
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Cerro Paranal Airport (ICAO: SCPA) is a desert airport 6 kilometres (4 mi) east-southeast of Cerro Paranal, Antofagasta, Chile. It serves the Paranal Observatory and Cerro Armazones Observatory scientific complexes.

There is rising terrain west of the airport.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Cerro Paranal Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-30
  2. ↑ Google (2013-08-30). "location of Paranal Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Cerro Paranal Airport at Great Circle Mapper.


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