El Buitre Airfield
El Buitre Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo El Buitre, (ICAO: SCAE)) is a military airport just south of Arica, a Pacific coastal city in the Tarapacá Region of Chile.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Arica, Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 328 ft / 100 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°30′31″S 70°17′20″W | ||||||||||
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  SCAE Location of El Buitre Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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The runway is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland from the Pacific shore. There is distant rising terrain southeast of the airport.
The Arica VOR-DME (Ident: ARI) is located 8.9 nautical miles (16.5 km) north-northwest of the airport.[4]
See also
Chile portal
Aviation portal- Transport in Chile
- List of airports in Chile
References
- Airport record for El Buitre Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
- Google (2013-09-03). "location of El Buitre Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- Airport information for El Buitre Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- Arica VOR
External links
- OpenStreetMap - El Buitre
- OurAirports - El Buitre
- SkyVector - El Buitre
- FallingRain - El Buitre Airport
- Accident history for El Buitre Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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