El Indio Airport Explained

Vicuña Airport
Nativename:El Indio Airport
Icao:SCVC
Type:Public
Elevation-F:11975
Coordinates:-29.8333°N -70.0461°W
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Label:SCVC
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Vicuña Airport in Chile
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length-M:1090
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: Landings.com[1] Google Maps GCM

Vicuña Airport Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto de Vicuña or El Indio Airport, is an extremely high elevation airstrip east-northeast of Vicuña, Coquimbo, Chile.

The airstrip serves several small settlements, and is subject to snow cover. It is within a small fold above a steep mountain valley high in the Andes, and runs uphill to the north. There is mountainous terrain in all quadrants, with a best escape route[2] to the south down the valley.

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Notes and References

  1. http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?SCVC Airport record for Vicuña Airport
  2. https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Mountainous_Terrain_Escape_Routes Mountainous terrain escape routes