Los Pelambres Airport | |
Icao: | SCNK |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Salamanca, Chile |
Elevation-F: | 4003 |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Coordinates: | -31.8708°N -70.6175°W |
Pushpin Map: | Chile |
Pushpin Label: | SCNK |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Los Pelambres Airport in Chile |
R1-Number: | 02/20 |
R1-Length-M: | 900 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: Landings.com[1] Google Maps GCM |
Los Pelambres Airport (es|Aeropuerto Los Pelambres,) is an airport serving the town of Salamanca and the Los Pelambres copper mine in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
The airport is east of the town, which is in the narrow Choapa River valley. The mine and runway are in an adjoining valley running north from the river. There is mountainous terrain in all quadrants.