Minsal Airport

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Minsal Airport

Aeropuerto Minsal
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Salar de Atacama, Chile
Elevation  AMSL 7,776 ft / 2,370 m
Coordinates 23°35′03″S68°23′00″W / 23.58417°S 68.38333°W / -23.58417; -68.38333 (Minsal Airport (Salar de Atacama))
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Location of Minsal Airport in Chile
Minsal Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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09/272,8009,186Gravel
Source: OurAirports [1] Google Maps [2] WAC [3]

Minsal Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto Minsal, ( ICAO : SCSM)) is a high elevation airport serving the mineral salt mining operations on the Salar de Atacama salt flat, in the Antofagasta Region of Chile.

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References

  1. OurAirports - Minsal Airport
  2. "location of Minsal Airport" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  3. World Airport Codes - Minsal