Chamonate Airport | |
Icao: | SCHA |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Copiapó, Chile |
Elevation-F: | 954 |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Coordinates: | -27.2967°N -70.4139°W |
Pushpin Map: | Chile |
Pushpin Label: | SCHA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chamonate Airport in Chile |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 1625 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps GCM |
Chamonate Airport Spanish; Castilian: Aeródromo Chamonate, is an airport serving Copiapó, the capital of the Atacama Region of Chile. It served as the main airport for the region until February 2005 when Desierto de Atacama Airport opened.
The airport is in the valley of the Copiapó River, downstream from the city. There is rising terrain in all quadrants.