Tres Quebradas Airport

Tres Quebradas Airport
Summary
Airport type Private
Serves Alto del Carmen, Chile
Elevation AMSL 11,690 ft / 3,563 m
Coordinates 29°15′34″S 70°05′15″W / 29.25944°S 70.08750°W / -29.25944; -70.08750 (Tres Quebradas Airport (Alto del Carmen))Coordinates: 29°15′34″S 70°05′15″W / 29.25944°S 70.08750°W / -29.25944; -70.08750 (Tres Quebradas Airport (Alto del Carmen))
Map
SCTQ
Location of Tres Quebradas Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 890 2,920 Dirt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

Tres Quebradas Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Tres Quebradas, (ICAO: SCTQ)) is an extremely high elevation airport serving mining operations in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the Argentina border.

The runway is in the narrow valley of the Del Tránsito River, an eventual tributary of the Huasco River. Due to mountain elevations over 18,000 feet (5,500 m) to the east, a high terrain escape route[4] must be northwest, down the valley. The narrowness of the valley leaves little room for course reversal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Tres Quebradas Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
  2. ↑ Google (2013-09-03). "location of Tres Quebradas Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Tres Quebradas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ Mountainous terrain escape routes Skybrary


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