Isla Talcan Airport

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Isla Talcan Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Isla Talcan
Elevation  AMSL 45 ft / 14 m
Coordinates 42°44′40″S72°58′00″W / 42.74444°S 72.96667°W / -42.74444; -72.96667 (Isla Talcan Airport (Isla Talcan)) Coordinates: 42°44′40″S72°58′00″W / 42.74444°S 72.96667°W / -42.74444; -72.96667 (Isla Talcan Airport (Isla Talcan))
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Location of Isla Talcan Airport in Chile
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17/357572,484Grass
Source: Landings.com [1] Google Maps [2] GCM [3]

Isla Talcan Airport( ICAO : SCIK) is an airstrip serving Isla Talcan, an island in the Gulf of Corcovado, in the Los Lagos Region of Chile.

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The airstrip is on an isthmus connecting the east and west sections of the island. Approach and departure to either end of the runway are over the water.

The Chaiten VOR-DME (Ident: TEN) is 6.4 nautical miles (11.9 km) east-southeast of the airstrip. [4]

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References

  1. Airport record for Isla Talcan Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01
  2. Google (2013-09-01). "location of Isla Talcan Airport" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  3. Airport information for Isla Talcan Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. Chaiten VOR