Almirante Schroeders Airport

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Almirante Schroeders Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Serves Isla Dawson
Elevation  AMSL 160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates 53°36′40″S70°28′15″W / 53.61111°S 70.47083°W / -53.61111; -70.47083 (Almirante Schoeders Airport (Isla Dawson))
Map
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Location of Almirante Schoeders Airport in Chile
Almirante Schroeders Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04/221,2003,937Compacted gravel
12/301,4954,905Compacted gravel
Source: AIP Chile [1]

Almirante Schroeders Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto de Almirante Schroeders, ICAO : SCDW) is a military airport on the northern point of Isla Dawson, an island midway through the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region of Chile.

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The crossing runways are just inland from the island's eastern shore, and approach and departures are over the water.

The Punta Arenas VOR-DME (Ident: NAS) is located 39 nautical miles (72.2 km) north-northwest of the airport. [2]

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References

  1. AIP Chile Volumen I (PDF) (in Spanish) (Amdt 55 ed.). Directorate General of Civil Aviation. p. 783. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. Punta Arenas VOR