Flor de Oro Airport

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Flor de Oro Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Flor de Oro, Bolivia
Elevation  AMSL 560 ft / 171 m
Coordinates 13°33′17″S61°00′15″W / 13.55472°S 61.00417°W / -13.55472; -61.00417 (Flor de Oro Airport (Flor de Oro)) Coordinates: 13°33′17″S61°00′15″W / 13.55472°S 61.00417°W / -13.55472; -61.00417 (Flor de Oro Airport (Flor de Oro))
Map
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SLFO
Location of Flor de Oro Airport in Bolivia
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13/311,1603,806Gravel
Sources: Landings.com [1] Google Maps [2] GCM [3]

Flor de Oro Airport( ICAO : SLFO) is an airport adjacent to the Flor de Oro Lodge in Bolivia's Noel Kempff Mercado National Park.

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The national park is in the Santa Cruz Department, and is noted for its varied wildlife habitats, scenery, and waterfalls. The lodge is on the south bank of the Iténez River, locally the border between Bolivia and Brazil.

Accessible through charter flights, the airport is the entrance to the northern reaches of the park. It is the closest runway to Arcoiris Falls. [4]

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References

  1. Airport record for Flor de Oro Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-21
  2. Google (2013-08-21). "location of Flor de Oro Airport" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  3. Airport information for Flor de Oro Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. Arcoiris Falls