| Puerto Marín Balmaceda Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda (es), Chile | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°47′15″S72°57′05″W / 43.78750°S 72.95139°W Coordinates: 43°47′15″S72°57′05″W / 43.78750°S 72.95139°W | ||||||||||
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  SCMA Location of Puerto Marín Balmaceda Airport in Chile | |||||||||||
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Puerto Marín Balmaceda Airport( ICAO : SCMA) is an airport serving Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda (es), a town in the Aysén Region of Chile. The town is on the eastern shore of a small peninsula that separates the Palena River and the Rodríguez River at their entry into the Gulf of Corcovado.
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.
The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén, is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Although the third largest in area, the region is Chile's most sparsely populated region with a population of 102,317 as of 2017. The capital of the region is Coihaique, the region's former namesake.
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
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The airport is just south of the town. East approach and departure are over the water. There are hills east and west of the runway.
