Desierto de Atacama Airport explained

Desierto de Atacama Airport
Iata:CPO
Icao:SCAT
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Chile
Pushpin Label:CPO
Type:Public
City-Served:Copiapó, Chile
Elevation-F:670
Coordinates:-27.2611°N -70.7792°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:2200
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: GCM Google Maps[1]

Desierto de Atacama Airport is an airport serving the region around Copiapó, the capital of the Atacama Region of Chile. The airport is in the desert north of the Copiapó River, inland from the Pacific coast.

Opened in February 2005, the airport replaced the smaller Chamonate Airport near the city, which was unable to increase its capacity and could not handle larger narrow-body planes such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800.

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  1. https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.2603855,-70.7783979,4145m/data=!3m1!1e3 Desierto de Atacama Airport