Punta Chungo Airport

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Punta Chungo Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Serves Los Vilos, Chile
Elevation  AMSL 249 ft / 76 m
Coordinates 31°53′05″S71°28′47″W / 31.88472°S 71.47972°W / -31.88472; -71.47972 (Punta Chungo Airport (Los Vilos)) Coordinates: 31°53′05″S71°28′47″W / 31.88472°S 71.47972°W / -31.88472; -71.47972 (Punta Chungo Airport (Los Vilos))
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Location of Punta Chungo Airport in Chile
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Source: Landings.com [1] Google Maps [2] GCM [3]

Punta Chungo Airport Spanish : Aeropuerto Punta Chungo, ( ICAO : SCHO) is an airport serving Los Vilos, a Pacific coastal town in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

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The airport is north of Los Vilos and 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) inland from the coast. There is distant rising terrain north and east.

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References

  1. Airport record for Punta Chungo Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03
  2. Google (2013-09-03). "location of Punta Chungo Airport" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. Airport information for Punta Chungo Airport at Great Circle Mapper.