Robinson Crusoe Airport Explained

Robinson Crusoe Airport
Icao:SCIR
Type:Public
City-Served:Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile
Elevation-F:466
Metric-Rwy:y
Coordinates:-33.6667°N -78.9286°W
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Label:SCIR
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Robinson Crusoe Airport in Chile
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:1005
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:16/34
R2-Length-M:631
R2-Surface:Dirt
Footnotes:Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps GCM

Robinson Crusoe Airport Spanish; Castilian: Aeródromo Robinson Crusoe, is an airport serving Robinson Crusoe Island, a Pacific island off the coast of Chile. The locale is one of the Juan Fernández Islands, being a portion of Chile's Valparaíso Region, and is from Valparaíso.

A non-directional beacon (Ident: IRC) was on the eastern part of the island, 5.5nmi east-northeast of the airport.[2] The beacon is likely decommissioned as it no longer listed on navigational charts.[3]

Commercially, the airport is mainly served by a handful of air-taxi companies flying from Santiago, largely in the January-February timeframe, and seldom outside the November-March period. Rainy and windy conditions which may impact landings or takeoffs can occur anytime on the calendar.

Because of a lack of interior roads, transfer between the airport and San Juan Bautista, the main town on Robinson Crusoe, required a 1.5 hour ride by motor launch.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?SCIR Airport record for Robinson Crusoe Airport
  2. Web site: IRC @ OurAirports. ourairports.com.
  3. Jeppesen Navigational Charts, 2023
  4. Web site: Visiting San Juan Bautista on Isla Robinson Crusoe. Moon.com. November 28, 2023.