Laguna Colorada Airport

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Laguna Colorada Airport
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Airport typePublic
Serves Laguna Colorada, Bolivia
Elevation  AMSL 14,098 ft / 4,297 m
Coordinates 22°16′20″S67°46′10″W / 22.27222°S 67.76944°W / -22.27222; -67.76944 (Laguna Colorada Airport (Laguna Colorada)) Coordinates: 22°16′20″S67°46′10″W / 22.27222°S 67.76944°W / -22.27222; -67.76944 (Laguna Colorada Airport (Laguna Colorada))
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Location of Laguna Colorada Airport in Bolivia
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Sources: Landings.com [1] Google Maps [2] GCM [3]

Laguna Colorada Airport( ICAO : SLLC) is an extremely high elevation airstrip just south of Laguna Colorada, a shallow salt lake within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in the southwest of the Bolivian altiplano,.

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There is moderately high terrain north, northwest, and southeast of the runway. Another consideration is that the shallow lake has a large resident population of flamingoes.

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