Tres Quebradas Airport
Tres Quebradas Airport | |||||||||||
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| 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)) | ||||||||||
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  SCTQ Location of Tres Quebradas Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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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
- ^ Airport record for Tres Quebradas Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
- ^ Google (2013-09-03). "location of Tres Quebradas Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ Airport information for Tres Quebradas Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Mountainous terrain escape routes Skybrary
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Tres Quebradas
- OurAirports - Tres Quebradas
- FallingRain - Tres Quebradas Airport
- Accident history for Tres Quebradas Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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