Isla San Felix Airport

Isla San Felix Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Isla San Felix, (ICAO: SCFX) is an airport serving the Chilean Navy garrison on Isla San Felix, a Pacific island that is part of the Valparaíso Region of Chile. The island is some 900 kilometres (560 mi) off the coast of Chile, and 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) northwest of Valparaíso.

Isla San Felix Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
ServesIsla San Felix, Chile
Elevation AMSL165 ft / 50 m
Coordinates26°17′38″S 80°05′45″W
Map
SCFX
Location of Isla San Felix Airport in Chile
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,010 6,594 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2] GCM[3]

The runway goes the entire length of the small island, so all approaches and departures are over the ocean. There are no published radio navaids on the island.

See also

References
  1. Airport record for Isla San Felix Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06
  2. Google (2013-09-06). "location of Isla San Felix Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. Airport information for Isla San Felix Airport at Great Circle Mapper.


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