| Franco Bianco Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Cerro Sombrero, Chile | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 106 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°44′12″S69°20′05″W / 52.73667°S 69.33472°W Coordinates: 52°44′12″S69°20′05″W / 52.73667°S 69.33472°W | ||||||||||||||
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  SMB Location of Franco Bianco Airport in Chile | |||||||||||||||
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Franco Bianco Airport( IATA : SMB, ICAO : SCSB) is an airport 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Cerro Sombrero, a petroleum production town in the Magallanes Region of Chile. Cerro Sombrero is near the eastern entrance to the Strait of Magellan.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Cerro Sombrero is a village in southern Chile. It is located in the Primavera commune in the Magallanes Region, in the northern part of Tierra del Fuego, about 125 km from Porvenir. According to the 2002 census, it had 687 inhabitants.
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The Cerro Sombrero non-directional beacon (Ident: SOM) is 0.85 nautical miles (1.6 km) west of the approach threshold of Runway 07. [4]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
